Silver
- 999.9 (Ultra-fine silver used by Royal Canadian Mint in the Canadian Silver Maple Leaf)
- 999 (Fine silver used in Good Delivery bullion bars, also known as three nines fine)
- 980 (common standard used in Mexico ca.1930 - 1945)
- 958 (equivalent to Britannia silver)
- 950 (equivalent to French 1st Standard)
- 925 (equivalent to Sterling silver)
- 900 (equivalent to Coin silver in the USA, also known as one nine fine)
- 835 (a standard predominantly used in Germany after 1884)
- 833 (common standard used in continental silver especially among the Dutch, Swedish, and Germans)
- 830 (common standard used in older Scandinavian silver)
- 800 (minimum standard for silver in Germany after 1884; Egyptian silver; Canadian silver circulating coinage)
- 750 (uncommon silver standard found in older German, Swiss and Austro-Hungarian silver)
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Famous quotes containing the word silver:
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—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
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