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 Posted: Wed Aug 25th, 2010 12:45 pm
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Simon_Leung



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 KenC wrote: You rarely here about "gold-filled" these days with the chintzy 3 to 10 microns of gold electroplating which constantly wears off.  Gold filled standard used to require a minimum of 1/20 inch (or, I believe, 70 microns) of gold so that it would not wear through...in fact, it was difficult to scratch through to the base metal which was usually Sterling Silver!


I agree.

Cheers,
Simon