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Silver price per gram today
Most silver jewelry is sterling (.925), not fine silver. Because silver is inexpensive per gram, scrap value is modest and a piece's resale price often reflects craftsmanship more than melt. Below is today's spot price by purity.
Published May 30, 2026
Today's silver spot price
- Per troy ounce
- $75.40
- Per gram
- $2.42
- As of
- May 30, 2026
Spot is the price of pure silver ($2.42/g). Jewelry is rarely pure, so its melt value is the spot price scaled by its purity — see the table below.
Silver value per purity (per gram, today)
- Fine silver (.999)
- $2.42/g
- Sterling (925)
- $2.24/g
- Coin silver (900)
- $2.18/g
- 800 silver
- $1.94/g
Each figure is the pure-metal melt value: spot per gram × silver fraction. A scrap buyer pays roughly 85% of this after their margin.
What Fine silver (.999) is worth by weight
- 1 g
- $2.42
- 5 g
- $12.11
- 10 g
- $24.22
- 1 troy oz
- $75.32
Getting a real scrap value
- Confirm the purity from the hallmark — the stamp sets the multiplier.
- Weigh the piece in grams (a $10 jewelry scale is plenty accurate).
- Multiply: spot/g × purity × weight = pure melt value. Subtract ~15% for a realistic buy-back offer.
- Exclude gemstones and clasps that aren't silver from the weight.
- Not sure of the hallmark? Scan it in the Jewelry Identifier app to read the metal and purity from a photo.
Prices update daily from the global spot market. This is an estimate for guidance, not a certified appraisal or a locked quote.
* Frequently asked
FAQ
- Q. How is silver jewelry priced per gram?
- A. Take the spot price per gram ($2.42 today) and multiply by the purity. A buyer then deducts roughly 15% for refining and margin, so a cash offer lands below the pure-metal melt value.
- Q. Is the price on this page live?
- A. It reflects the global spot price as of May 30, 2026. Spot moves continuously during market hours; treat these as a close estimate, not a locked quote.
- Q. Why is a buy-back offer lower than the melt value?
- A. Refiners and pawn shops deduct assay, refining, and margin — commonly 15% or more. Stones and non-silver components are usually excluded from the weight too.
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