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Show Buying Silver Requires Care When you shop for silver, do you: Know the relative fineness of ths silver used for plsting and that used in sterling? 25-1000 pure for sterling, 100 per cent pure silver is used for plating. The alloy in sterling ster-ling Is needed to give, the pure metal stiffness and durability and to allow the metal to be worked by the silversmith. In plated ware the base metal supplies these needs. Attsch Importance to trademarks In general? (Remember, there are many trademarks and some are used on Inferior brands. Be sure you know Just what a given mark represents. This comes only through experience or through dealing deal-ing with a merchant you know to be trustworthy.) Make aura that minute details of design are well executed? Look for "burrs" or rough edges? Also look for thin, sharp sdges in spots where they should be rounded? Become curious when a national brand, usually sold at a standard price, la advertised at an absurdly low figure? |