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Sterling Silver Plate
Sterling Silverplate – This doesn’t exist even though you will see
it advertised because sterling is an alloy it is unsuitable to use
as a silver source for plating.
E.P.N.S
This stands for Electro Plated Nickel-Silver. Common variations on
this are E.P., E.P.C. (Electro Plate on Copper), E.P.W.M. (Electro
Plate on White Metal), E.P.B. or E.P.B.M. (Electro Plate on
Britannia Metal).
(See More about this)
Any item marked with E.P. is silverplate and as such has no precious
metal value.
Nickel Silver
Nickel-Silver is a common base metal alloy consisting of nickel,
copper and zinc. There is no silver in it whatsoever. The name was
coined because the metal is silvery in colour and polishes to a
shine. Other names used for the same metal are:
Alpacca or Alpacca Silver; Brazil Silver;
German Silver; Peru Silver; New York Silver; New Silver; Nevada
Silver; Norwegian Silver; Silverite; Venetian Silver; Potosi Silver;
and Sonora Silver to name just a few.
(Nickel-silver is strong and durable but it doesn't have any metal
value).
White Metal
White Metal - This is a silvery coloured alloy usually containing a
mixture of antimony, tin, lead, zinc, and cadmium. In the U.K. the
British fine arts trade uses the term 'white metal' to describe all
foreign items which do not have official British Assay Office marks
struck on them.
Brittania Metal
Britannia Metal is a non-silver base metal similar to pewter which
is popular because it is durable and polishes to a silver-like
lustre. This is an alloy of 93% tin, 5% antimony and 2% copper. Not
to be confused with 958 Britannia from Great Britain.
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