Sterling silver: 925 silver jewelry

The most common alloy for silver jewelry

As with the purchase of gold, the main question in the sale of silver is the alloy of the piece of jewelry that is to be sold.

As with gold, the price of silver is essentially made up of three factors: The weight of a piece, the fineness of the silver, and the current price of silver on the world market.

Silver jewelry in Austria, as well as in most parts of the world, is not made of pure fine silver, but mostly of a sterling silver alloy.

925 silver = sterling silver

Sterling silver is an alloy that consists of 925 thousand parts, or 92.5%, of pure silver. The remaining 7.5% of the alloy consists of other metals, usually copper, but from case to case also nickel or zinc. The fineness of sterling silver is therefore 925/1000. Compared to pure silver, sterling silver is much harder due to the admixtures.

The name sterling silver comes from the British pound sterling. In earlier years, silver pennies - popularly known as "sterlings" - were made of just that silver alloy.

Sterling silver price

Who wants to sell sterling silver, of course, asks first and foremost how much 925 sterling silver is worth? Our purchase prices for silver jewelry are always based on the current silver price. The value of your pieces then results from the weight of your pieces in grams, the fineness of your silver and just the current price for silver.

Since the value of a piece depends on the fineness, it is irrelevant when buying which by-metals were alloyed.

How to recognize sterling silver?

You can recognize genuine sterling silver by a stamp or hallmark on your pieces. You will find a 925, .925, 92.5 or simply "Sterling" mark usually on the back or inside of silver jewelry or the clasp of silver chains. Occasionally, pieces of sterling silver are also plated with a thin layer of pure silver (999/1000). More rarely, however, pieces made of copper or nickel are "silver-plated" with a layer of sterling silver.

Because the by-metals copper, nickel or zinc react with the oxygen in the air, sterling silver also tarnishes.

Purchase of 925 silver at Gold & Co

With us you can sell all pieces of gold, but also items made of silver, platinum and palladium.

1. free evaluation of all your pieces

No matter if you come with a single ring or several pieces of jewelry to one of our stores in 1090 or 1220 Vienna: We evaluate both your gold and your silver free of charge and completely without obligation. If you want to sell your valuables, you will receive the money immediately in cash.

2. close examination of experts

We test each of your pieces individually and determine what the fineness is. The higher the alloy, the higher the value of your pieces. In Austria, jewelry is mostly made of 585 gold, which is an alloy with 58.5% pure gold, silver jewelry is usually made of 925 silver.

925 sterling silver is also often used for coins, medals, table silver and silver cutlery. However, silver alloys from 800, 835, 925 to 935 can also be found.

If you want to sell different pieces, your parts will be separated individually by carat or fineness. We also check jewelry made of silver, palladium and platinum and pieces with diamonds or diamonds when buying.

3. comprehensive personal consultation

We take time for you and explain step by step the process of buying silver in Vienna. We are happy to answer all your questions about your pieces. A good consultation is a special concern for us!

4. 100% transparency

With us, you are present when weighing their pieces and can see the scales. Anything else would be unserious.

5. best prices at silver purchase in vienna

In addition to free and accurate valuation and detailed advice, we offer top prices for your pieces. You can find all current purchase prices on our price overview page on Gold & Co.

You can't come to us in Vienna to one of our branches? For such cases there is the Gold & Co. Gold purchase from all over Austria by mail. Send us your silver, we estimate your pieces free of charge and without obligation and make you a fair offer. If you would like to accept our offer, you will receive your money immediately - if not, we will send your silver back to you free of charge.