{"id":11378,"date":"2011-08-24T08:15:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T12:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=11378"},"modified":"2015-08-27T08:27:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T12:27:01","slug":"antique-gold-ring-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/antique-gold-ring-question\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTIQUE GOLD RING QUESTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Why-So-Much-Gold-In-An-Antique-Ring.gif\" alt=\"Why So Much Gold In An Antique Ring?\" title=\"Why So Much Gold In An Antique Ring?\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11382\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/questions-and-answers\/\">A Reader Writes in<\/a> and <strong>Asks Me a<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>QUESTION:<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>TIM IN ABERDEEN, UK, WRITES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Family Member owns some Rings, <strong>I Believe they are Quite Old<\/strong> and of Eastern European or Russian Origin. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Stones are Poor, or even Glass, but the Rings are Gold and Quite Substantial. <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Why Would So Much Gold be used on Costume Jewellery?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>ANSWER FOR TIM:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Hi Tim<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\nThis I can&#8217;t tell you. People do Odd Things. But I can tell you this: In the Past lots of People have Fallen under Hard Times, like During the Depression and such. Sometimes People have had to <strong>Swap out those Lovely Gemstones and Diamonds<\/strong> and put in Synthetic ones so they can Sell them to get by. I&#8217;m sure they were Thinking that when the Economy picked up, they would be Replaced. But that Rarely Happened. I&#8217;ve seen it Before.<\/p>\n<p>\nOr maybe the <strong>Original Stones Broke<\/strong> and they Couldn&#8217;t Afford to Replace them? Maybe they only had Enough to Buy the Gold and Not the Stones? There&#8217;s too many Scenarios here that could have happened. <strong>They could have been Sold the Rings and Told that they were Genuine?<\/strong> They could have Taken the Rings in to get them Sized and a Jeweler Switched them out? <\/p>\n<p><strong>You will Probably Never Know<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve seen a lot of Antique Rings come through the Store and you&#8217;d be Surprised at how many of them had Created or Synthetic Stones in them. It seems like<strong> the Past will always Remain a Mystery!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>P.S.<\/strong> I&#8217;d Love to see a Picture of these Rings, I&#8217;m sure they look <strong>Very Ornate and Detailed! <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/questions-and-answers\/\">Ask Your Question HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>I&#8217;ll do my Best to Answer it! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>RELATED ARTICLES:<\/h2>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/should-you-reset-an-heirloom\/\"><strong>Should you Reset an Antique Ring?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/genuine-gems-vs-created-imitation\/\"><strong>Learn all about Created Gemstones!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A Reader Writes in and Asks Me a&#8230; QUESTION: TIM IN ABERDEEN, UK, WRITES: A Family Member owns some Rings, I Believe they are Quite Old and of Eastern European or Russian Origin. 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