Silver price per gram
Silver spot is $52.07/troy oz. Sterling silver (92.5% pure) is worth the fine-silver value × 0.925.
Gold $4,072.10/oz Silver $52.07/oz Live| Silver purity | Per gram | Per pennyweight | Per troy oz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine silver ·99.9% | $1.67 | $2.60 | $52.07 |
| Sterling ·92.5% | $1.55 | $2.41 | $48.17 |
| Coin silver ·90% | $1.51 | $2.34 | $46.86 |
How the silver price per gram is calculated
Silver, like gold, is quoted per troy ounce. A troy ounce is exactly 31.1034768 grams, so the fine-silver price per gram is the spot price divided by 31.1035. Today that is $52.07 ÷ 31.1035 = $1.67 a gram. For an alloy, multiply by its silver content: sterling is 92.5% silver, and US dimes, quarters and half dollars made before 1965 are 90% silver. A pennyweight (dwt) is one twentieth of a troy ounce, 1.555 grams, which is why the per-pennyweight column is spot ÷ 20.
Worked example: a sterling bracelet
A sterling bracelet that weighs 40 g on a kitchen scale holds 40 × 0.925 = 37 g of pure silver. At today's spot that is 37 × $1.67 = $61.94 of melt value. Weigh without stones, clasps of other metals or pads, and check for the 925 or "Sterling" stamp. Silver-plated pieces (often marked EP, EPNS or "silver plate") contain almost no silver and have no meaningful melt value.
What a buyer pays
Melt value is the raw metal worth, not an offer. Refining costs more per dollar of silver than per dollar of gold, so buyers usually pay a lower share of melt on sterling jewelry and flatware than on gold. Ask each buyer for the offer as a percentage of melt and compare. Old coins can be worth more than melt to a collector, so check dates and mint marks first.
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The silver price per gram on this page is also available as a free MCP server for AI assistants, with sterling and junk silver melt values and the gold to silver ratio. There is no account or API key. Source, tools and install options on GitHub
Sources
Spot price: live precious-metals feed (gold-api.com), built into the page every 3 hours and fetched again in your browser when the page opens; the time is in the price bar at the top of the page. Troy ounce and pennyweight definitions: NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C. Sterling standard: 92.5% silver.