See what your silver is worth at today’s live spot price. Pick the purity — .925 sterling, .999 fine, .900 coin silver, and more — enter the weight, and this calculator returns the silver (metal) value of the piece. It works for sterling jewelry and flatware, scrap silver, and fine-silver bullion alike.
Example: 1 g of .925 sterling silver = $2.10 at today's spot. ($2.10/g for .925)
Sterling silver (.925) is 92.5% fine silver — 925 parts silver per thousand, with the balance usually copper for hardness. At today’s spot, one gram of sterling holds about $2.10 in silver value, and a troy ounce of sterling about $65.34. That’s the metal melt value, before any buyer’s margin.
The hallmark 925 (or “sterling”) means 925 parts per thousand are pure silver — the long-standing standard for jewelry, flatware, and hollowware sold as sterling in the US and UK. It is not pure (.999) silver, so any honest valuation applies the 92.5% fineness factor to the spot price rather than the full spot. Other marks you’ll meet: .999 fine silver (bullion), .958 Britannia, .900 US coin silver, and .800/.835 common in older European pieces.
This is a general silver calculator, not just a sterling one — switch the purity dropdown to match your item. Use .999 for fine-silver rounds and bars, .900 for US 90% “junk” coin silver, .800/.835 for many antique European pieces, and .925 for sterling jewelry and flatware. As a scrap silver calculator, it gives you the metal melt value — the number to weigh any cash offer against.
Live silver value by purity, per gram and per troy ounce of alloy.
| Purity | Fineness | Per gram | Per troy oz (alloy) |
|---|---|---|---|
| .999 fine | 99.9% | $2.27 | $70.57 |
| .958 Britannia | 95.8% | $2.18 | $67.67 |
| .925 sterling | 92.5% | $2.10 | $65.34 |
| .900 coin silver | 90.0% | $2.04 | $63.58 |
| .835 | 83.5% | $1.90 | $58.98 |
| .800 | 80.0% | $1.82 | $56.51 |
Sellers often weigh flatware sets in ounces or pounds. A troy ounce of sterling is worth about $65.34 at today’s spot; a standard (avoirdupois) pound of sterling — about 453.6 g — works out to roughly $952.90 in silver. Weigh the set, subtract any non-silver parts (weighted/cemented knife handles and bases are filled, not solid), and value only the silver.
Melt value is what refiners pay for the raw silver content. Antique or branded flatware and designer jewelry can sell above melt to collectors, while heavily worn or broken pieces usually sell by weight at or below melt. Check whether a pattern or maker carries a resale premium before you scrap it.
