Made my first gold Piece

[LiquidMetalsUK]

Hello guys and gals 

So today I made my first piece of gold.

I have alot of 9k gold that my mum left me so before it goes off to the jewelers later today to be sold I figured I'd take a little and make something. The shells in silver have been so popular and so I figured this was as a good starting point for my Gold adventure. ( Also my Mum loved shells so sentimental as well) I won't be selling any currently as the hallmarking on 1 piece is to expensive and I'm not rich enough to be sending loads. Also I feel pieces this big just won't sell very easily. With a weight of 14g I'm truly in love with this 

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[monkstax]

wow lovely piece!

[FourNinesFine]

That's some ex-shell-ent pouring right there. You should conch-ider me a fan!  Joking apart, they look lovely.

I presume from what you say about hallmarking that the price for assaying gold is different from silver then? I presume the process is exactly the same, but a higher service premium on more expensive metal? I know absolutely nothing about the process, just curious as to some of the behind-the-scenes costs.

[bilko]

stunning im sure your mum would have loved this 😀

[LiquidMetalsUK]

3 hours ago, FourNinesFine said:

That's some ex-shell-ent pouring right there. You should conch-ider me a fan!  Joking apart, they look lovely.

I presume from what you say about hallmarking that the price for assaying gold is different from silver then? I presume the process is exactly the same, but a higher service premium on more expensive metal? I know absolutely nothing about the process, just curious as to some of the behind-the-scenes costs.

It's more the amount I send up. With postage costs ect. With Silver I send minimum a kilo at a time otherwise the cost I have to pass on would mean no one would buy..more items I sent the lower the cost ect 

Gold I have to submit a different set of paper work. So would need quite a few bits to go at once.

The shell I had no intention of selling but an American customer has snapped it up already so worked out 😃

Edited April 19, 2022 by LiquidMetalsUK

[RDHC]

I'm intrigued to know how you made the mould? In any case, well done.

[LiquidMetalsUK]

2 hours ago, RDHC said:

I'm intrigued to know how you made the mould? In any case, well done.

Sand cast from natural shell 😃

Edited April 19, 2022 by LiquidMetalsUK

[FourNinesFine]

45 minutes ago, LiquidMetalsUK said:

It's more the amount I send up. With postage costs ect. With Silver o send minimum a kilo at a time otherwise the cost I have to pass in would mean know one would buy..more items I sent the lower the cost ect 

Gold I have to submit a different set of paper work. So would need quite a few bits to go at once.

The shell I had no intention of selling but an American customer has snapped it up already so worked out 😃

Thanks for the info, and well done on the sale!  Well deserved.

[Stuntman]

Awesome items.  I'm pleased that someone has shelled out for one of them.  The world's your oyster!

[GreatCoins4U]

Get in 😛

[LiquidMetalsUK]

2 more cool 9k gold pieces with a nice 999 fine silver ridding along 😂💥

These will be going for hallmarking in the near future 

[Scaffstacker]

Very nice, awesome work as always! 

[bilko]

On 20/04/2022 at 19:52, LiquidMetalsUK said:

2 more cool 9k gold pieces with a nice 999 fine silver ridding along 😂💥

These will be going for hallmarking in the near future 

ahem.......price 😇

[LiquidMetalsUK]

59 minutes ago, bilko said:

ahem.......price 😇

Only making these 2. One is mine and one has sold 😁

[bilko]

bah humbug 😀