19th Aug 2010
How To Tell Authentic Pandora Jewelry
With the many copies and replicas of Pandora jewelry, especially Pandora charms, floating around online these days it can be confusing knowing what is and what is not genuine Pandora jewelry. There are a few ways to tell, although really the only way you can be sure you are buying authentic jewelry is to buy from an authorized Pandora dealer. Pandora’s main website lists all of its current dealers. If the shop you are buying your charm from is not on the list, you are taking a risk buying from them.
All Pandora jewelry is hallmarked. Of course, even hallmarks can be copied although many who make Pandora style charms do not bother with it. All Pandora jewelry is marked with the letters ALE. If the jewelry is gold it also has the number 585 stamped on it. If the piece is silver, it will include the number 925. Since 2008 all Pandora jewelry also carry the crown symbol as part of the hallmark.
Finally you should match the product you are buying with the photo of the product on the official Pandora Jewelry website. They have photos of all of their currently jewelry on their site. Copied Pandora charms will not look exactly the same as the original charm, there will be minor differences which you should be able to spot by looking at the photo. Also, craftsmanship is rarely as good in the replica charms. Pieces are sometimes clumsily made and you can often see joins or irregular shapes on the charms themselves. All Pandora Murano glass beads have the patterns inside the glass, not painted on. If you see a glass bead that has had the design painted on you can be sure that it is not an authentic bead.
Most of the copied charms are made from either glass or silver. It is rare to find a gold charm that has been copied, mainly because the cost of gold is quite expensive and it is not really worthwhile to copy them.
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