14k gold price per gram in euro

Continental European jewellery is marked by fineness in parts per thousand rather than by karat. 585 is 14k, 750 is 18k, 375 is 9k. A piece stamped 585 is exactly the same purity as one stamped 14K and worth exactly the same per gram.

Germany, Italy and Poland all use 585 widely, and it is among the most common gold purities in central Europe. The older German mark 333, for 8k, has no equivalent in the US or UK at all, because neither country permits anything that low to be sold as gold.

Gold trades in dollars. The euro figure on this page is that dollar price converted at the current rate, which means it responds to the gold market and to EUR/USD simultaneously.

The practical consequence catches people out. If gold falls 1% in dollars while the euro weakens 1% against the dollar, the euro price of your jewellery is unchanged. It can also rise on a day when every headline says gold fell. When you compare a quote against a figure you looked up yesterday, check whether the currency moved before assuming the buyer is playing games.

France is the strictest. Gold sold there carries a state assay punch, historically an eagle's head for 18k, and unmarked gold is legally difficult to sell through the trade at all.

Germany has had no compulsory hallmarking since 1888. Marks are voluntary and self applied by the manufacturer, which is why German 585 pieces often carry only the fineness and a maker's mark. Italy adds a provincial maker number alongside the fineness, so an Italian chain typically reads 585 next to a small numbered lozenge.

None of this changes what the metal is worth. It changes how quickly a dealer will accept your stamp at face value rather than testing the piece, and testing is normal everywhere regardless.

Investment gold bullion is VAT exempt across the EU. Jewellery is not, so a retail purchase includes VAT at the local rate, between 19% and 25% in most member states, that you will never recover when you sell.

That tax is a large part of why the gap between what you paid and what you are offered feels so brutal. You are not only losing the manufacturing margin and the retail markup, you are losing the VAT you paid on both. Selling your own second hand jewellery as a private individual does not normally create a new VAT charge.

Germany has an unusually dense network of dedicated Goldankauf shops, which compete with each other and generally pay closer to the refiner end of the range than a pawn counter would. Italy's trade is concentrated around the goldsmithing centres, Vicenza and Arezzo above all.

Wherever you are, get more than one quote and convert every offer to euros per gram before comparing. A shop quoting per piece, or bundling several karats into one number, is making the comparison harder for a reason.