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alan morrison
Fellow
I'm sure that it is a step up from downgrade gold.
Where's the picture?
Where's the picture?
Yep! worked that one out 
Penpal
Grand Master
When I was buying direct from China forever ago it meant the Gold was bulk dipped onto the parts cand Upgrade gold resulted from a form of branches where the parts were separated and also called branch gold. The descriptions and methods were shown in pics,locations etc later by a dealer friend of mine who visited China and his suppliers. In your case now Beaufort may give you their experiences and recomendations. eg are there different warranties or credits buying upgraded kits or the need to upgrade,on which kits it applies and why.The shock for most people at the time was the contracting out by wholesalers in the industry in the peoples republic of China or Taiwan.
Kind regards Peter.
Kind regards Peter.
wm460
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Cheers Mark.
I did make an internet search before asking the question, but didn't find this.
Interesting reading....
Thanks
Frederick
You can also see the difference in many cases. It's much more "gold" than the stuff that comes out of China when you hold the two side by side.