gold karat stamp

[goldther]

Hi;
In the las day or so someone posted a list of karat stamps and what they meant. I (stupidly didn't write them down. I was wondering what 14k L meant. I aapreciate the help. here is a pic. o todays water finds.

 

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[mchamby]

Hey good lookin teeth there, well broke in and ready to go. Looks like you had a good day in the water.
Mchamby

 

[northeast hunter]

looks like you have no shark pit there but you have a human pit great finds congrats

 

[BADDOG]

I believe that was in one of my posts and I was smart enough to copy and paste it into a text file .

Here it is:

Gold
K = Karat
KP = Karat Plumb (exact amount of gold)
K.P. = Karat Plate
GF = Gold Filled (heavy plating), usually has a fraction, i.e., 1/20 10K GF
GS = Gold Shell
HGE = Heavy Gold Electroplate
Decimal equivalents of karat ratings:
.375 = 9K (England and Canada)
.417 = 10K
.500 = 12K
.583 (.585) = 14K
.667 = 16K
.750 = 18K
.833 = 20K (Asia)
.917 = 22K (Asia)
.999 (1000) = 24K pure gold

Unfortunately there isn't a K L.

Good Luck and HH

Baddog1

 

[stoney56]

Possibly stands for "Layered" Kind of like plated but heavier.

 

[Gold_pinger]

The L is probably the makers mark.
Layered would be a description of a gold filled or gold shell.
Not a mark inside a ring.

HH
GP

 

[goldther]

thanks for the input guys , i appreciate it, Bob

 

[stoney56]

Baddog, here's a few others to add to your list.
http://gsthmn.tripod.com/jewelry_markings.htm