How much is German silver worth an oz?

Answer 1

Not much... maybe 45 cents or so. "German silver" contains no silver; it's a nickel-copper-zinc alloy. Based on current (May 5, 2011) prices of those metals, a 20/60/20 alloy, which is a pretty common composition for German silver, is worth about $5.50 a pound. Compositions with higher nickel content would be worth slightly more, compositions with higher zinc content would be worth slightly less.

Answer 2

It depends on how pure the silver is and what the current price of silver is.

Silver prices change every day so you need to check a newspaper or a site such as kitco.com or CNNMoney.com for current values. Then multiply by the purity and weight of your jewelry for a raw retail price, and finally subtract 40-50% to allow for what a metal-buyer might pay.