https://betterthanbullion.com/blogs/silver-notes/how-to-tell-if-a-silver-figurine-is-real 2026-08-02T17:09:58-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0965/7198/2135/articles/bnb-blog-real-silver-test-tools-progression-magnet-acid-analyzer-featured.jpg?v=1785704998 Is It Really Silver? Every Test From Amateur to Professional Silver testing tools arranged from simplest to most advanced — a magnet, coloured acid bottles with a touchstone, a handheld electronic verifier and a professional XRF analyser, with a sterling silver fox figurine https://betterthanbullion.com/blogs/silver-notes/reading-silver-hallmarks-925-999-800 2026-08-02T19:23:05-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0965/7198/2135/articles/bnb-blog-marks-four-purity-standards-figurine-bases-featured.webp?v=1785712886 Silver Marks and Terms: What's Stamped, What's Claimed, and What Means Nothing Four silver figurines shown from below with their purity stamps — an Art Deco penguin marked 925, a hand-poured dragon marked 999, a Victorian owl marked 800, and a toy robot marked EPNS with copper showing through worn plating https://betterthanbullion.com/blogs/silver-notes/spot-melt-premium-what-silver-figurines-are-worth 2026-08-02T18:04:37-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0965/7198/2135/articles/bnb-blog-spot-melt-premium-figurine-beside-silver-casting-grain-featured.webp?v=1785708277 Spot, Melt and Premium: What a Silver Figurine Is Actually Worth An intact sterling silver fox figurine beside a pile of loose silver casting grain, showing the same metal as an object and as melt https://betterthanbullion.com/blogs/silver-notes/tarnish-patina-and-cleaning-silver-figurines 2026-08-02T20:03:32-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0965/7198/2135/articles/bnb-blog-patina-real-collection-five-finishes-featured.webp?v=1785715412 Tarnish, Toning and the Cleaning That Destroys Value Five silver figurines from the Better Than Bullion collection showing different surface states — a mirror-bright teddy bear, an iridescently toned armoured knight on a gilt base, a black-patinated jewelled figure, and a matte grey character figurine