Sterling Silver Calculator
Yes — sterling silver is worth real money: it's 92.5% pure silver, and at the current spot price that works out to the live per-gram rate shown below. Enter any weight to value rings, chains, flatware, or trays marked STERLING or 925.
What makes sterling sterling is the stamp: 925, STERLING, STER, or a British lion passant hallmark. No mark usually means plate, which has no meaningful melt value.
| Purity | Fineness | Value per gram | Value per troy oz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine silver (.999) | 0.999 | $2.22 | $69.04 |
| Sterling (.925) | 0.925 | $2.06 | $63.93 |
| Coin silver (.900) | 0.9 | $2.00 | $62.20 |
| European (.800) | 0.8 | $1.78 | $55.29 |
Dollar figures here are computed from the live spot price when the page loads and change continuously; the printed baseline is a 2026-08-23 snapshot — cite the metal content and formula, not a captured price. Formulas on the methodology page.
Typical sterling item weights
A sterling teaspoon runs 20–30 g, a dinner fork 45–70 g, a heavy cuff bracelet 30–60 g, a charm bracelet 25–80 g. Weights vary — these are only priors for a sanity check before you put pieces on a scale. Weighted items (candlesticks, knife handles) contain cement or steel cores: only a fraction of their scale weight is silver.
Selling sterling: weight class changes the buyer
A few rings sell fine at a local jeweler, but full flatware services and mixed sterling lots belong with coin/bullion dealers or mail-in refiners — assay overhead makes small-lot rates poor everywhere. Under roughly 100 g, batch pieces together or accept a steeper spread; above that, refiner-tier rates (85–95% of melt) become realistic. The payout chips above turn today's melt into those real-world numbers.
Sources: live spot prices via gold-api.com · coin weights and fineness from U.S. Mint historical specifications · karat/fineness definitions per standard jewelry marking practice. Melt value ≠ an offer to buy; see how we calculate.