999 Fine Silver Price
Today's fine silver price per gram, ounce and kilogram, live. Fine silver is 99.9% pure, so its price is the spot price itself. Enter a weight to value a bar, round or coin.
About fine silver
Fine silver is silver refined to 99.9% purity, stamped 999 or .999 FINE. It's the standard for investment bars and rounds, and for bullion coins such as the American Silver Eagle (.999) and the Canadian Silver Maple Leaf (.9999).
It's too soft for most everyday objects, so jewelry and silverware are usually sterling instead. When a silver price is quoted without a purity, it almost always means fine silver.
Fine silver price per gram = silver spot price per gram × 0.999. The live fine silver price per gram and per ounce is at the top of this page.
How to calculate the value of silver
Most silver items are an alloy, so only part of their weight is silver. Melt value is the pure silver they contain, priced at the spot price:
pure silver (g) = weight (g) × purity (sterling = 0.925) price per gram = spot price per troy oz ÷ 31.1035 melt value = pure silver (g) × price per gram
So a sterling silver serving spoon weighing 80 grams holds 80 × 92.5% = 74 grams of pure silver, and its melt value is 74 times today's silver price per gram. That's the floor for what the silver is worth. Antique and designer pieces can sell for far more, and a scrap buyer's offer usually sits below it.
| Grade | Silver content | Mark or note |
|---|---|---|
| Fine silver | 99.9% | 999, .999 FINE, Ag 999 |
| Britannia silver (UK) | 95.8% | 958, Britannia figure |
| 950 silver (France, Japan) | 95.0% | 950, French Minerva head |
| Sterling silver price | 92.5% | 925, STERLING, STER, Ag 925 |
| Coin silver price | 90.0% | 900, COIN, PURE COIN |
| 875 silver (Russia, 84 zolotnik) | 87.5% | 875, 84 |
| 835 silver (Netherlands, Germany) | 83.5% | 835 |
| 830 silver (Scandinavia) | 83.0% | 830, 830S |
| 800 silver (Italy, Germany) | 80.0% | 800 |
How to use the silver calculator
- 1
Find the purity mark
Look on the back of a spoon handle, the base of a piece or inside a ring: 925 or STERLING, 999, 900 or COIN. Pick it in the purity menu.
- 2
Weigh the item
A jewelry or kitchen scale in grams is fine. Troy ounces, kitchen-scale ounces, pennyweight, kilograms and tola are all supported.
- 3
Subtract anything that isn't silver
Steel knife blades, wooden handles, stones and the filling in weighted candlesticks add weight but no silver. Enter their weight so they're left out.
- 4
Read the melt value
The calculator multiplies the pure silver content by the live spot price. Add a price you were offered to see how it compares.
Silver content of US and bullion coins
Coins don't need weighing: their silver content is fixed by their specification. Pick a coin for its live melt value, or use the junk silver calculator to value a mixed pile by count or face value.
| Coin | Years | Silver | Pure silver |
|---|---|---|---|
| War nickel value | 1942–1945 | 35% | 0.0563 oz t |
| Dime value | 1964 and earlier | 90% | 0.0723 oz t |
| Quarter value | 1964 and earlier | 90% | 0.1808 oz t |
| Half dollar value | 1964 and earlier | 90% | 0.3617 oz t |
| Kennedy half (40%) value | 1965–1970 | 40% | 0.1479 oz t |
| Morgan / Peace dollar value | 1878–1935 | 90% | 0.7735 oz t |
| Eisenhower dollar (40%) value | 1971–1976, S mint mark | 40% | 0.3162 oz t |
| Silver Eagle value | 1986–present | 99.9% | 1.0000 oz t |
| Silver Maple Leaf value | 1988–present | 99.99% | 1.0000 oz t |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much is fine silver worth per gram?
- Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, so one gram of it is worth 0.999 × today's price of a gram of pure silver. The live fine silver price per gram is at the top of this page and refreshes every minute; switch the currency to see it in euros, pounds, rupees and 14 other currencies.
- How do I calculate the value of fine silver?
- Weigh the piece in grams, subtract anything that isn't silver (blades, handles, stones, fillings), then multiply by 0.999 to get grams of pure silver. Multiply that by the spot price per gram for its melt value. The calculator above does all of it once you enter the weight.
- What does a 999 stamp mean?
- It's the fineness mark for fine silver: parts of pure silver per 1,000. A piece stamped 999 is 99.9% silver. Marks can be wrong or fake, so an acid or XRF test is the way to confirm purity before selling.
- Is fine silver the same as the silver spot price?
- Almost. The spot price is quoted for one troy ounce (31.1035 grams) of pure silver, so 999 silver per gram is the spot price divided by 31.1035, then multiplied by 0.999. Buying physical bars or coins costs more than spot because dealers add a premium for fabrication and their margin.
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