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I have an old silver service I am tired of polishing. Is it worth anything?

It may actually be worth quite a bit, but the first thing to determine is whether it is “sterling silver” or merely “silver plated” over a base metal.  Sterling silver is an actual alloy of silver, generally 92.5% silver the balance being copper.  Sterling is sometimes marked “.925″ to represent the percentage of silver in [...]

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