1896 SILVER DOLLAR WORTH

Sterling Silver Oval Lockets

sterling silver


a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper


Silver of a fineness of 92.5%.


Silver of 921/2 percent purity


Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925.

lockets


A locket is a pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item such as a curl of hair.


A small ornamental case, typically made of gold or silver, worn around a person's neck on a chain and used to hold things of sentimental value, such as a photograph or lock of hair


A metal plate or band on a scabbard


(locket) a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace


Lockets are a confectionery product manufactured by The Wrigley Company in the UK. They are sold as medicated supplement to help nasal congestion and sore throats.

oval


In technical drawing, an oval (from Latin ovum, 'egg') is a figure constructed from two pairs of arcs, with two different radii (see image on the right). The arcs are joined at a point, in which lines tangential to both joining arcs lie on the same line, thus making the joint smooth.


egg-shaped: rounded like an egg


A body, object, or design with such a shape or outline


An oval playing field or racing track


ellipse: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"