It's where the coin or whatever is made out of a cheap metal alloy and it is covered in a very thin layer of silver
it is zinc plated in silver
Sheridan silver is copper plated with silver.
Mine is Silver Plated.
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.
Yes silver plated cables are actually recommended more over the gold plated ones. A lot of people say that the gold plated ones are a waste of money since you can get the same result or better from the silver plated.
Tibetan silver is plated rather than made of sterling silver. Cast iron or copper is used to make Tibetan silver. Then it is plated with sterling silver or any other material that looks like sterling silver.
Silver plated.
Gold plated over silver means that the ring is made of silver with a thin layer of gold plated to it. It is not solid gold but solid silver with gold on it.
Silver plated nickel silver
its silver plated...unless it says sterling on it. this company was known for making silver plated sets.
By the color, obviously. NIckel plated flutes are slightly golden and well, silver plated, they have silver color.
Neither. There's no silver in it and it's not silver plated; it's very nearly pure nickel.