Bullion is used for gold, silver, and other precious metals; a bulk quantity of precious metals is called bullion. People often purchase gold for investment purpose.

You can buy gold bullion from gold exchange traded fund. Merrilledge, Morningstar, BullionVault, and JM Bullion are some websites you can use for bullion investment.

Most sterling items are marked. They would either say 925 (92.5%silver) or sterling. Silver items from other countries may be marked 800/835/855 or 900 also called low-grade silver. This means that they are 80%/ 83.5%/85.5% silver. Countries outside the United States may also use hallmarks such as a lions, panthers, anchors and much more. Another m