Sterling or 0.925% silver is indeed worth money. As at October 2010, a Troy ounce of the stuff (31.1035 grammes) is worth around £14. This metal is currently enjoying a 30-year-high so it could be a good time to sell! Prices correct as at 4 October 2010.
You can check the value by using the external link, further down this page, posted under Sources and Related Links.
Update: The price of silver reached an all-time high last May 2011 at just under £30-a-Troy Ounce. Today (August 13th 2012) it is currently £18-an-ounce. These prices are for PURE SILVER .999 fine. Note that sterling silver is .925 so you would need to multiply £18 by .925 to get the exact sterling price i.e. 18 x 0.925 = £16.65.
Not much!
Of course it does! Sterling is about 92% pure and uses a base metal for strength. Yuri Geller wasn't bending Stainless Steel spoons, he was bending Sterling. There is anecdotal evidence that eating off sterling silver spoons or drinking from Silver cups helped people survive the plague in Europe. Try to buy a set of Sterling Silver on eBay and you will see what it is worth.
Which country and what coin?
It depends on what kind of silver you are asking about. Silver coins and bullion that are .999 fine silver are worth the most. Silver US dollars, halves, quarters and dimes minted before 1965 are 90% pure and command a good price also. Sterling silver, which is 92 1/2% pure is worth a little less. Antique sterling was worth considerably more than the silver content a while back, but for the most part that has changed... Between a completely crashed antiques market and a sky high silver price, you are generally better off selling sterling for the silver content by weight. Silver plated items have a microscopic amount of actual silver and are pretty much worthless these days. To get an accurate idea of what your silver would sell for, you can look for the website for the Silver and Gold Exchange. There is a button on their webpage named "Live Price Chart" that shows an up to the minute listing of all kinds of silver items and what they are currently paying. If you Google "Silver and Gold Exchange" you will find them. They also have a very good article on how to tell if your items are sterling silver or silver plated in their "Education" section under "Is It Sterling?".
How much is 200 pound sterling worth in 1920
Is English silver worth the same as sterling silver
Pre-1965 U.S. dimes are made of coin silver (900 fine), not sterling silver. In any case your coin is worth about $1 for its silver content.
It is Sterling Silver.
Unfortunately, only the silver is worth anything because the Gold is almost unrecoverable.
"Sterling silver" refers to the purity of a particular silver object - specifically, sterling silver is 92.5% silver.
silver because sterling silver is 92.5% silver and the purer it is, the more it is worth.
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sterling silver.
Yes, sterling silver is worth lots of money. "Sterling" refers to a high degree of purity. The value of sterling silver is quite literally the market price for silver, which as the time of this writing is about USD $31.67 per troy ounce.
Yes, it will be worth the scrap value of silver at the very least, if it is old, well made, halmarked, or simply beautiful it may be worth more, a jewelers shop would value it for you.
First of all, theres no such thing as "silver plated sterling". Sterling is 92.5% silver, anything plated is just plated. If the item is solid sterling silver, its metal value depends on the current price of silver - but it may be worth more as a collectible. If it's plated base metal it has very little value.
Jan 30, 2008 - Is .925 Silver Worth Anything? ...A magnet will not stick to sterling or .925 silver. ... The current price of silver is about $16.80 per ounce.