Silver Purity Check: How to check whether the silver lying in your house is real or fake? This is the easiest way..

Silver Purity Check: How to check whether the silver lying in your house is real or fake? This is the easiest way.. India-employmentnews | 25/06/2025 18:15:02

Today people are showing their interest in silver just like gold. Nowadays fraud related to gold and silver has also started increasing. Fake commodities like gold and silver are being sold in the markets at the real price. If you are also planning to buy silver, then this article can be of great use to you.

Today we will know how you can identify the shine of silver sitting at home.

How to identify real or fake silver?

Just like 100% gold is very flexible, 100% silver is also very flexible.

That is why a mixture of other metals is added to make silver jewelry. If you want to identify the purity of silver, then you can use the option given below-

You can easily identify fake silver through a magnet. Pure silver is never attracted to a magnet. If your silver item or jewelry is attracted to a magnet, then it may have more mixtures of other metals.

Many people also check the purity of silver with ice. Silver is considered a good conductor. If you put ice on it, it will start melting immediately. However, these options can affect silver.

Identify through hallmark

Hallmark is given by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) to check pure silver. The purity number of silver is written as 925, which means that it contains 92.5 percent silver. Apart from this, the code of the center and manufacturer will also be written. Identification of silver through hallmark is considered to be the easiest and most professional. If you want, you can also check pure silver with the electronic test machine available with the jeweler.

How much is the price of silver?

At 2.51 pm, the price of 1 kg silver in MCX is Rs 105802. It has made a low record by reaching 105415 per kg so far. Along with this, it has made a high record by reaching 106502 per kg. Yesterday, on June 23, the price of 1 kg silver had reached Rs 106759.

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