We are born out of a team in San Diego, California with a growing crew of business development people, engineers, and administrators based in South Carolina, Texas, and North Dakota. We have advisors, partners, and consultants based out of Arizona and several places in Europe. By no means are we a large organization, but we are diverse and surrounded by both innovative industry experts as well as experienced top notch developers.

Auquin has set out to become the convenient single source solution for authentication of Precious Metals and any other valuable object.Our goal is to simplify the authentication process by analyzing any precious metal piece and determining how it can be authenticated with any of the existing solutions that are publicly available.

A sequence of steps provides real-time authentication and relevant precious metal details such as the serial number, weight, photographic references, estimated value, the Auquin integrity score, and more.

Quick and conclusive

When one uses the Auquin app it will guide you when possible to the quickest solution to obtain a satisfactory authentication, this can be either an immediate in-app resolution, a forward to an embedded solution with an Auquin partner, a direct link to download a specialized app that is associated with the security feature, or a conclusive message that indicates that a security feature is unknown or not available.

While we further grow and strengthen our relationship with our valued partners you will be able to use their proprietary app to authenticate precious metals that are not produced or managed by this partner. In such a specific case you will find the Auquin Hub mark [stylized H] in the app's viewfinder.

Instant availability via the Auquin PWA

As an end-user we do not expect you to download an app, all the technology is directly and securely at your disposal as a progressive web app (PWA) which will seamlessly work on both your iPhone and Android devices.



Upon an authentication request, a real-time exception based reporting process, based on observed and stored environmental meta data and cloud provided verification details, will contact the owner of the precious metal object. In addition, for the enterprise solution the Auquin security platform can also escalate the event to a remote security agency monitoring service to take conclusive action and communicate directly back to the authentication initiator through the Auquin App.

Beyond the QR code

Auquin has its own patent pending Authentication solution and service, based on those familiar QR codes which are strengthened by supplemental security features such as organic dendrites, and other nifty layers of complexity. You can contact us to schedule a demo, you will be able to try it on your own phone. Heck, you won't even need to install any app since it works directly and securely in your Android or iOS based browsers. Authentication will works without you requiring an account or an app. However, when you do opt in to create an account you can securely use your existing Google or Microsoft account.

Managed security feature
application services

A state of the art, cloud based, Auquin ID application tool provides a complete managed services back-end to securely administer and apply Auquin IDs (based on those familiar QR codes). Use your existing Gravotech or Tera micro percussion machines or enquire about the options to lease one through Auquin for a limited term or as a turn-key permanent hassle free solution.