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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9063648, member: 649"]As silverbell implies, it <b><i>is</i></b> silver-plated... it is Electo-Plated Nickel Silver. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver" rel="nofollow">Nickel silver</a> <i>does not contain any actual silver, </i>it is named for its silvery appearance. It is a copper alloy of nickel and often zinc. EPNS is a nickel "silver" item that has been silver-plated. (So, your title is accurate.)</p><p>Unusual item!</p><p>(I once got excited about a German Silver item I found, only to discover that German Silver is nickel silver and contains <i>no</i> silver!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9063648, member: 649"]As silverbell implies, it [B][I]is[/I][/B] silver-plated... it is Electo-Plated Nickel Silver. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver']Nickel silver[/URL] [I]does not contain any actual silver, [/I]it is named for its silvery appearance. It is a copper alloy of nickel and often zinc. EPNS is a nickel "silver" item that has been silver-plated. (So, your title is accurate.) Unusual item! (I once got excited about a German Silver item I found, only to discover that German Silver is nickel silver and contains [I]no[/I] silver!)[/QUOTE]
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