A brand new one is $279 in Walmart, so a used one should bring $140-$210, depending on how well you have taken care of it.
Bronze!! .... ?
No, it has a thin plate of silver on a metal like copper or similar. As a general rule, if it includes the word "Plate"; It's not solid silver.
A silver plate would be a heterogeneous mixture if there is a metal alloy in it also. If it was pure silver, then it would be a homogeneous mixture. Assuming that there is a metal alloy comprised with the silver plate, it is most likely a heterogeneous mixture.
Both are silver plated, but silver on copper tells you what kind of metal is used as an underlay. Silver plated copper is more valuable than silver on a white metal or zinc underlay.
Technically you can refine silver plate from metal items. However, silver plate by weight is a tiny fraction of a percent of the total item. It is rarely worth the expense of the refining process.
Winchester 1892 rifles were made from 1892-1945. To find the age, look on the metal plate, just behind the cock.
Wm Rogers Reinforced Plate AA IS on flatware is a code for the maker and the type of silver used. Wm Rogers is the maker. Reinforced plate means that it is not 100% silver, but a silver plated metal. The AA and IS are codes for where it was manufactured.
Inlaid silver has two definitions. It is can be used to refer to a metal that is coated with silver. It can also mean a piece of silver that is embedded in another substance.
It is quadruple silver plate. It's still silver plate, but better quality silver plate.
YES ITS POSSIBLE TO RE PLATE COSTUME JEWELRY BUT MADE UP OF SILVER OR OXIDIZE METAL JEWELRY.
what are the advantages of a metal plate
Having worked in Jewelry factories..the main component metal is copper of which silver is plated onto it. Other metals are white metal or brass. Sometimes nickel. Nickel silver is plated on white metal and gold plate on brass or copper mixed alloys.