Afraid they are worth zilch sorry.
EPNS stands for "Electro Plated Nickel Silver". Nickel Silver (sometimes stainless steel) is the base metal onto which silver is plated. Despite its name, nickel silver contains no silver at all, but is an alloy of nickel, zinc & copper. A layer of pure silver is deposited electrolytically on the base metal to give a silver finish.
I don't think so, i have my grandmas EPNS 100 silver set, and she use to send it to be plated from time to time.
EPNS is the abbreviation for Electro Plated Nickel Silver. Sheffield will be the name of the town that it was made in England. I've no idea what 33 means - probably just the manufacturer's identification mark. EPNS has very little value so don't get excited!
About 70-80 dollars if listed on eBay.
New York
EPNS stands for electro plated nickel silver. It is a fancy way of saying silver plated. Items marked EPNS are not worth very much, but it depends on the item. A fork might only be worth a dollar or less, but a complete tea set could be worth $50-150.
I was told they are silver plated. I have a set of 37 I am looking to sell.
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.
Reinforced Deposit is one step down from Sterling Silver, usually also accompanied by "A1" and the weight in pennyweights (DWTS) printed on the backs of a set of British silver forks & spoons; (the knives to my set are Sheffield Made Firth Stainless with bone handles). I believe this old set of English silver is at least 100 years old. Soup spoons & dinner forks say 25 DWTS, meaning 25 pennyweights of silver. Smaller forks & dessert-spoons each say 18 DWTS, and the teaspoons say 12 DWTS.Appearance: There is no wearing through of the silver on any of these pieces, & every piece has an extra round deposit of silver (Reinforced Deposit) at the places where EPNS usually wears through, where the fork/spoon rests on the table or plate. This is a set for 6 people, so there are 3 tiny salter spoons too, that's one salter spoon between each 2 people; 1 salter spoon is bigger, presumably for the Head of Household. Hint: I keep my silver untarnished by keeping a small block of Camphor in the chest - you can buy some at the pharmacy.
Sterling Silver Set Value: $225
They're only worth about 7.50 each right now. Sorry. I just inherited a set, and have researched it. These spoons are available online now for about 7.50 to 8 dollars each.
The 5 coin proof set has a value of $6, the 10 coin set has a value of $15 and the 10 coin silver set has a value of $48.