The variety of hallmarked items from the 4 UK Assay places of work dropped 30% yr on yr in Could from 842,236 right down to 586,468.
The figures mark one other month of decline after April noticed a decline of 24% and March noticed a decline of 36%.
Gold hallmarking dropped 18.5% from 336,108 right down to 273,908 though 585 gold noticed a rise of 11%.
Silver hallmarking fell almost 40% with 925 silver, the preferred silver, falling 39%. 800 silver noticed a rise of 159% however this was a rise from 17 to 44 objects hallmarked.
Furthermore, platinum additionally noticed a decline in hallmarking from 41,606 to 29,966, a decline of 28%.
Lastly, palladium noticed a decline of 38% down from 673 to 419, with a 47.7% decline in 500 palladium hallmarkings.