Help identify old 18k ring!

[aaron7]

All I can see on it is 18k and "HCEC" or "HGEC" or something like that on the inside band. There looks like a backwards P on the face and an eagle or some bird going top to bottom.

Can anyone help?

 

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[stoney56]

Possibly 18K HGE (Heavy Gold Electroplate). In other words, plated over a base metal.

 

[aaron7]

Hmm, could be, but what's that extra C or G at the end? Also, if it helps, the onyx has a round nut with a flathead screw in it on the back.

 

[Ant]

Some rings will be stamped HGEP too. So what you think is a C, might be a P. Could you post a close-up of the mark?

 

[stoney56]

Hmm, could be, but what's that extra C or G at the end? Also, if it helps, the onyx has a round nut with a flathead screw in it on the back.

I'd guess the screw is to hold the initial in place, also would facilitate the ability to put different initials on the stone.

 

[TreasureTales]

Turn the ring over, it might actually be an "L" in fancy font. Just a thought.

 

[Ant]

Turn the ring over, it might actually be an "L" in fancy font. Just a thought.

Thanks for point that out to us, I missed that. After you pointed that out I called a coworker over to take a look. Without me saying anything to him he said that it looked like an L too. And when I asked him could it be a P, he said, “why would make a backwards P”. And that it doesn’t look too much like a 9 either.

HH

 

[Fumbles]

A backwards P, when pressed into wax, makes a forward P...

 

[Angelo]

There you go.

 

[dg39]

Ognib

DG

 

[Angelo]

Then..Again?

An L