Silver Uses in Sport
The reverse side of the medals of the 2008 Summer Olympics: silver (left), gold (center), bronze (right). Each medal has a ring of jade. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
EzyCash wants to buy your silver. It could be broken silver, scrap silver or unwanted silver from jewellery.
It could even be silver from an Olympic silver medal.
The silver medal is traditionally given to the second place finisher at the Olympic Games. At the first Olympics in 1896, the first and second place medals were made of actual gold and silver. The last gold medals to be made entirely out of gold were handed out at the 1912 Olympic Games.
Nowadays, the gold medal is covered in 6 grams of gold, while the silver medals have to be made of at least 92.5% silver.
If you happen to have a silver medal lying around at home, or silver coins or any other type of silver, bring it into EzyCash shop in Panmure, Auckland for a top cash price.
Silver Metal – History and Uses
Sell Silver Jewellery at EzyCash Gold Buyers
Why is silver seen as such a precious metal?
Silver is just above gold in the periodic table, so has a very similar make-up to gold.
Silver is a good weight, silver is beautiful to look at and silver does not corrode.
Silver is also very easy to work with – silver has been worked into shapes and used since the times of early man. Silver was first mined in 3000BC but it wasn’t until around 500BC that it was recognised as official coinage.
What is silver used for?
We know that silver is used to make silverware and jewellery but silver is also used extensively in industry. Silver is commonly used within appliances switches. Within the switches, contacts made of silver make switching the appliance on and off, safe.
Silver has had many other uses. Water, milk, wine and vinegar remain purer for longer within silver vessels. Thousands of years ago King Cyrus of Persia would store his water, drawn from a specific stream, in silver containers to be carried around in carts wherever he went.
In 1813, Nicholas Niepce created the first photographic image with the help of silver nitrate.
In 1884, Dr Carl Crede used silver to help halt a disease that was causing generations of children to be blind at birth.
Emerging uses of silver
Silver paste is used in the most common type of solar panel for creating electricity.
Silver can aid water purification. Silver prevents bacteria and algae build-up and is safer than chemicals used for the same purpose (such as chlorine and bromine). And specifically, silver ions can destroy Legionnaire’s Disease.
In the medical world, silver infused bandages are helping burn and wound victims by preventing infection and speeding healing.
Buy Gold Bullion and Silver Bullion from EzyCash
If you want to sell your unwanted gold jewellery, broken gold or scrap gold, the place to come is of course EzyCash Gold Buyers in Panmure, Auckland. You’re always guaranteed an expert valuation of your scrap gold or broken gold and you’ll receive a top cash price.
But as well as being the best place to sell your unwanted gold, EzyCash Gold Buyers is now offering you an opportunity to become a gold investor. Right now, EzyCash has a selection of gold bullion and silver bullion available for purchase that could become an investment into your future.
By turning your paper wealth into precious metals, you could protect yourself from one of economic’s inevitabilities: inflation. Continue reading
EzyCash Silver Buyers
SELL YOUR OLD SILVER JEWELLERY, SCRAP SILVER, SILVER COINS, SIVER BULLION, STERLING SILVER FOR CASH TODAY!!
Well we have seen some very interesting movement in the price of both Gold & Silver in the last two months, both prices surging forward and now dropping in spot price making selling a very real option for a lot of people.
One question I get asked just about every other day by clients and customers being a precious metals dealer is “what’s happening with the gold price” and “will silver continue to drop or will it continue to climb”.
This is certainly one question I couldn’t hazard a guess to, but I am quite often reminded of one of my old business associates philosophies, he would say to me on quite a regular basis “ what goes up must come down” and if history has taught us anything this is absolutely true, another thing he used to say is “never be ashamed of taking a profit”.
This is one thing I will quite often tell my clients when selling precious metals or bullion (gold, silver, palladium and platinum) is always take a profit, if you can sell today for a profit then do it, everyday you make a profit is another day you’re not making a loss.
This theory can be applied to the selling of Silver scrap and silver bullion. With the latest highs in silver prices, people are cashing in their old silver scrap jewellery, broken silver jewellery, old sterling silver service ware.
Sell Old Silver Coins
EzyCash Gold Buyers is always looking for old silver coins as they contain a high amount of pure silver. Specifically, we’re looking for British silver coins and New Zealand silver coins from before the end of the Second World War and Australian silver coins and US silver coins from before the mid 1960s.
We will also take a look at silver coins from other countries.
Maybe you’ve stumbled across some old silver coins but you’re not sure about what kind of silver coin they might be. Here’s a tip about identifying silver coins from home before bringing them in to EzyCash Gold Buyers’ Panmure store. Continue reading
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