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Nickel silver is composed of varying amounts of copper, nickel and zinc; in all cases, there is more copper than nickel and zinc. Despite having silver in its name, nickel silver does not have any in its composition.
you voted. Answer by Priestess (26). The 800 on your silver jewelry means that it's compounded of 80% silver and 20% of another alloy, usually copper, although nickel was used in some earlier pieces. This grade of silver is inferior to Sterling Silver which is made of at least 92.5% pure silver.add a comment. +1 vote! majority of silver contains traces of other metals,such as nickel.800 would indicate that your jewelry is 80 percent silver,and 20 percent other metals. The purest silver is stamped .999,meaning trace amounts of other metal are present.