Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Buying Silver Jewellery - when is 'silver' not silver?

Jewellery is one of the largest categories on eBay - lots of lovely things to buy! However, buyers need to read the descriptions carefully to ensure that the item they are buying is really what they want. The term 'Silver' in the listing title can mean many things, so never assume that the item is pure silver.
In the UK, the term Sterling is used for the purest form of silver usually used in jewellery. This term means that the metal used contains 92.5% of pure silver. The remaining 7.5% is another metal, often copper. The items will be marked 'Sterling', or sometimes '925'.
Outside the UK, the Sterling equivalent is

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