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"Real" silver turns green when it is not washed/cleaned.
Here is an expiriment you could do:
Take two spoons out of your kitchen. Put the spoons where you know you will not forget where it is. Leave them there and if the spoons have not turned even a little bit green in at least 10-30 days then it is not real silver. (DO NOT LET ANYONE TOUCH THE SPOONS UNTILL YOU FIGURE OUT THE ANSWER!)
The green that forms on metal is called verdigris. The metal on which it forms is copper (brass, other alloys). If the spoon turns green, it is definitely not silver. Silver tarnishes, that is, turns brown to black. If it doesn't change color at all, it could be made of one of a multitude of alloys. This was the advantage to "nickel silver" (which contains no silver at all) and "German silver," (no silver, either). They would not tarnish, but kept that nice shine. They were also cheaper to produce, since silver, a precious metal, was left out. Or the spoon could be stainless steel, which is most common in households today.
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