17.6 inch long, 5mm wide, 14k yellow gold filled “I love you” herringbone necklace. The heavily gold plated necklace is reversible with the writing and hearts on one side and plain on the other side.

Gold Filled Jewelry is totally different from Gold plated jewelry. Gold Filled Jewelry is made by heat and pressure bonding a layer (25 mil thickness) of gold to some base metal core. It has all the great characteristics of solid gold jewelry. It does not flake off, tarnish or discolor. Gold filled jewelry is an economical alternative to solid gold.
Gold plated is a method of covering another type of metal with a very thin, almost microscopic (no more than 3 mil thickness), film of pure gold by electroplating it.
Gold-filled jewelry is much more valuable than gold-plated.