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sterling silver


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sterling silver

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A standard high-grade silver alloy with a minimum of 925 parts silver, the rest being copper for hardening purposes; used for the highest quality silver jewelry, tableware, and electric contacts.

Variations

silver, sterling

sterling silvers

argent fin

argents fin

argent premier titre

argent sterling

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