
JEWELRY FAQ JANUARY 18, 2014The term Gold filled is commonly misunderstood in the antique jewelry industry. Actually, gold filled jewelry is much more valuable than jewelry that is gold plated. When something is gold filled, it has a thick sheet of gold applied to a base metal, 50 to 100,000 times thicker than gold plating, and in order for something to be considered Gold Filled, it must have a gold content of at least 1/20th the total weight of the item.