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Make sure your silver is actually sterling which usually means it will have the word "Sterling" or ".925" marked on it. If not, it could be silver plated, which would have no melt value at all.
The best prices for silver plate and sterling silver would probably come from a retail shop that specializes in silver flatware and holloware. There they will consider the value of the design as well as the silver content. If the pattern is rare or desirable, it will add considerably to the value of the items.
Scrap silver buyers will not buy silver plate and they will not consider the design or maker of the pieces, they will only view it as something to be melted down and sold as scrap.
How can you sell your sterling for its current value?
Plated
I just bought a Hampton a 20 piece 24kt gold plated silverware set for $20.00
Gold is not marked 925, sterling silver is. What you have is probably gold PLATED sterling.
It's only gold plated. They sell for around $8 on eBay.
Sterling means that an item is solid silver of a certain quality, not plated.
rose pattern
NAICS Code 339912 (Silverware and Plated Ware Manufacturing)
GE means Gold Electro-Plated or Gold Plated.
Both connectors are gold plated
None. The US doesn't make gold-plated coins. Anything you find was made by a private company that plated ordinary US coins and sold them as "special collectibles". However these items are rarely worth what they sell for.
It's gold-plated, not solid gold, as US quarters have never been made of gold. It might sell for a couple dollars.
These copy's of the 1933 Double Eagle have no numismatic collectible value, most sell for $5.00 at coin shows.