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<p>[QUOTE="snapsalot, post: 1404452, member: 37085"]Well in my few experiences with none copper, silver plated items what I found every time I recall it was lighter in color then the silver not darker.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was one time though that whatever the metal was underneath they got it to be a dark silvery color and since the silver on the outside had dark toning it was impossible to tell by looking. It was some glassware I had gotten. These really cool cupholders, each weighed like 4 oz they had all the right marks too like .925 sterling. But after a scratch and acid test they where false. </p><p><br /></p><p>They actually where made to scam because they had an unusual thick silver plating. it was seriously a good half MM thick. Not like a normal plating job. My first scratch test came back positive for being straight silver. i had to etch really deep to find the zinc or w/e it was underneath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="snapsalot, post: 1404452, member: 37085"]Well in my few experiences with none copper, silver plated items what I found every time I recall it was lighter in color then the silver not darker. There was one time though that whatever the metal was underneath they got it to be a dark silvery color and since the silver on the outside had dark toning it was impossible to tell by looking. It was some glassware I had gotten. These really cool cupholders, each weighed like 4 oz they had all the right marks too like .925 sterling. But after a scratch and acid test they where false. They actually where made to scam because they had an unusual thick silver plating. it was seriously a good half MM thick. Not like a normal plating job. My first scratch test came back positive for being straight silver. i had to etch really deep to find the zinc or w/e it was underneath.[/QUOTE]
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