In Reply to: Mic, a question please posted by BJC on Wednesday, 6. April 2005 at 09:58 Bali Time:
100% would be 24kt (pure gold)in theory.
Highest listed in Bali will generally be 22kt on an item or 90% - 21.6 kt(from what I've seen in Denpasar)which was around 130-135000rp per gram in January.
Most shops the last time I was there had a percentage on the item rather than kt.
I've never used a cheat sheet but have just gone from shop to shop & asked what the price is per gram on the percentages they have displayed & go to the cheapest or the one that has what I like.
Never bothered comparing it to the Aus price of gold on the day, but I suppose some do.
The most popular percentage last time seemed to be 75% but others listed were
35 --- which is about 8.4kt
70 --- 16.8
75 --- 18
80 --- 19.2
85 --- 20.4
90 --- 21.6
or 22kt on the tag depending on the shop.
Was also told that the 'Bali Style' jewellery was the most expensive at 150000rp but no carat was mentioned & as I was not interested I did not bother to find out further details