Silver

The formerly most important use of this metal was the production of silver coins to the payment. For coins only silver, gold and copper or bronze was used earlier. The ground for the use of these precious metals was her low reactivity and therefore the high stability of value of silver and gold.

Now coins are also produced of other metals. Silver is used mostly only for Commemorative one as well as for special coins.

Silver is beside gold and precious stones, so for example, diamonds an important material to the production of jewellery. Nearly all pieces of jewellery can be made out of silver. Here thus one finds rings, chains, earring, however, also stylish phenomena like the different Piercings, belly chains or toe rings.

Silver is already used since centuries for selected flatwares very resistant to value, board silver and church devices.

With jewellery, device as well as with ingot the silver salary, as soon as he is given, can be exactly read with the help of the fineness stamp.

The silver medallions will award in different sports competitions, thus, for example, in the Olympic games, as a sign for the achievement of the 2-nd place. Hence, this touches, because silver is the afterwards nobler metal traditionally after gold. Also in many other areas honourings are often called with " silver ... ". So to the example the silver bear, silver bay leaf, silver shoe and silver stylus.

Very much it is also liked by music instruments. It delivers on account of his density especially clarify, warm clay. Thus it substitutes, for example, with the transverse flute for the sensitive wood.

Silver also looks less "meddlesome" in pieces of jewellery. It underlines an elegance of the person which carries this jewellery. In addition, silver shows a more favorable alternative to the more expensive precious metals.