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Monday, September 26, 2011
Birmingham Assay Office
The Assay office was established in Birmingham in the late 1700s used to assay gold and silver for use in the jewelry quarter. The current assay office pictured above has been in use 1877. It is the largest existing assay office in Europe.
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