How do you know if your silver is only silver plated? Check out this video.
What marks do I look for on silver plated items?
How do you tell when something is silver plated? While plated items have some value, it is just a small amount of silver. It’s a microscopic thin layer of silver over a base metal like copper or nickel.
So what are you looking for to determine if something is in fact plated? You will see one of the following:
- EP, which means electro plated
- EPNS, electro plated nickel silver
- EPBM, electro plated base metal
- SPC, silver plated copper
- Silver over copper
- Quadruple plated or triple plated
- The word community
- A1, A2, B1, B2
- A shallow lion or dragon’s head
- Plateado
Sadly, all of the above are bad news that tell you that your item is not sterling, it is plated. If you have any items to sell, I buy silver.