old silver ware

[Michael Karr]

City clean up is going on and I ended up with some old silver ware,Anybody know what to look for? I plan on scraping it.MIKE

 

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[whitesid]

is it marked?
sterling .925 ?
if it is sterling and has a makers name it may be worth more than scrap.

 

[Michael Karr]

Ya some are marked,what is soild nickel silver? Mike

 

[goldsilverpro]

Nickel silver contains no silver. It was originally used because it looks like silver. It is also called german silver.

 

[Old_Okie]

Nickle silver or German silver is an alloy of Copper, Nickle, and usually Zinc in varing quantities. Used often as the base metal for electroplated silver ware. Also used, as your example without plating.

 

[Rumblebelly]

Mike,

if it's in ok condition you would probably get more selling it then scrapping silver. Check pawn shops too, see what they'll give ya.


Rumblebelly

 

[Scott (Upstate NY)]

Sterling silverware, depending on age and manufacturer is almost always worth more as silverware than silver scrap. Google it.