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- Britannia_silver abstract "Britannia silver is an alloy of silver containing 11 ounces and 10 pennyweight silver in the pound troy, equivalent to 95.83% by weight silver, the balance being usually copper.This standard was introduced in England by Act of Parliament in 1697 to replace sterling silver (92.5% silver) as the obligatory standard for items of "wrought plate". The lion passant gardant hallmark denoting sterling was replaced with "the figure of a woman commonly called Britannia", and the leopard's head mark of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths replaced with a "lion's head erased".Britannia standard silver was introduced as part of the great recoinage scheme of William III from 1696, when attempts were made to limit the clipping and melting of sterling silver coinage. A higher standard for wrought plate meant that sterling silver coins could not easily be used as a source of raw material because additional fine silver, which was in short supply at the time, would have to be added to bring the purity of the alloy up to the higher standard.Britannia silver is considerably softer than sterling, and after complaints from the trade sterling silver was authorised again for use by silversmiths from 1 June 1720, and thereafter Britannia silver has remained an optional standard for hallmarking in the United Kingdom and Ireland.Since the hallmarking changes of 1 January 1999, Britannia silver has been denoted by the millesimal fineness hallmark 958, with the symbol of Britannia being applied optionally.The silver bullion coins of the Royal Mint issued since 1997, known as "Britannias" for their reverse image, were minted in Britannia standard silver until 2012.Britannia silver should be distinguished from Britannia metal, a pewter-like alloy containing no silver.".
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- Britannia_silver wikiPageRevisionID "626310884".
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Act_of_Parliament.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Alloy.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Britannia.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Britannia_(coin).
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- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Britannia_metal.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Bullion.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Category:1697_establishments.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Category:1697_in_England.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Category:Precious_metal_alloys.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silver.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silversmithing.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Copper.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Fineness.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Great_Recoinage_of_1696.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Hallmark.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Ireland.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Lion_(heraldry).
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Lion_passant_gardant.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Millesimal_fineness.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Pewter.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Mint.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Silver.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Sterling_silver.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink William_III_of_England.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink Worshipful_Company_of_Goldsmiths.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLink File:Waiter_1732_LA.jpg.
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Britannia gauge".
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Britannia purity".
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Britannia silver".
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Britannia standard".
- Britannia_silver wikiPageWikiLinkText "silver".
- Britannia_silver hasPhotoCollection Britannia_silver.
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- Britannia_silver subject Category:1697_establishments.
- Britannia_silver subject Category:1697_in_England.
- Britannia_silver subject Category:Precious_metal_alloys.
- Britannia_silver subject Category:Silver.
- Britannia_silver subject Category:Silversmithing.
- Britannia_silver hypernym Alloy.
- Britannia_silver type Article.
- Britannia_silver type Mineral.
- Britannia_silver type Article.
- Britannia_silver type Element.
- Britannia_silver type Establishment.
- Britannia_silver type Thing.
- Britannia_silver comment "Britannia silver is an alloy of silver containing 11 ounces and 10 pennyweight silver in the pound troy, equivalent to 95.83% by weight silver, the balance being usually copper.This standard was introduced in England by Act of Parliament in 1697 to replace sterling silver (92.5% silver) as the obligatory standard for items of "wrought plate".".
- Britannia_silver label "Britannia silver".
- Britannia_silver differentFrom Britannia_metal.
- Britannia_silver sameAs فضة_بريتانيا.
- Britannia_silver sameAs Britanniasilber.
- Britannia_silver sameAs Plata_de_Britania.
- Britannia_silver sameAs Argent_Britannia.
- Britannia_silver sameAs Britanijos_sidabras.
- Britannia_silver sameAs m.06c5_p.
- Britannia_silver sameAs Argint_Britannia.
- Britannia_silver sameAs Q2860939.
- Britannia_silver sameAs Q2860939.
- Britannia_silver wasDerivedFrom Britannia_silver?oldid=626310884.
- Britannia_silver depiction Waiter_1732_LA.jpg.
- Britannia_silver isPrimaryTopicOf Britannia_silver.