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Fine silver is worth $16.66 per pavan, and sterling (.925) $15.42. The pavan is the unit jewellers quote in across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and the one most South Indian wedding purchases are actually priced in.
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| Purity | Silver content | Value per pavan |
|---|---|---|
| Fine silver (.999) | 99.9% | $16.66 |
| Britannia (.958) | 95.8% | $15.97 |
| Sterling (.925) | 92.5% | $15.42 |
| Coin silver (.900) | 90.0% | $15.01 |
| Continental (.800) | 80.0% | $13.34 |
Melt value only, before dealer margins. Most jewellery and flatware is stamped 925; pre-1965 US dimes, quarters and half dollars are 900. Other units: per gram, per troy ounce, per kilogram, per tola.
One pavan of fine silver is worth about $16.66 at the current spot price of $64.83 per troy ounce.
Sterling is 92.5% silver, so one pavan of .925 sterling holds about $15.42 of silver at the current spot price. That is the melt value of the metal only — refiners and scrap buyers typically pay 80–95% of melt, and antique or designer pieces can be worth considerably more intact than melted.
Silver purity is stamped as fineness, not karat: .999 is fine silver, .958 is Britannia standard, .925 is sterling, .900 is coin silver (pre-1965 US dimes and quarters) and .800 is a common continental European standard. The table above starts from the pure spot price per pavan and multiplies by each fineness to get its melt value — there is no premium or discount beyond that percentage.