* 999.99—five nines fine: The purest silver ever produced. This was achieved by the Royal Silver Company of Bolivia.
* 999.9—four nines fine: ultra-fine silver used by the Royal Canadian Mint for their Silver Maple Leaf and other silver coins
* 999—fine silver or three nines fine: used in Good Delivery bullion bars and most current silver bullion coins.  Used in U.S. silver commemorative coins and silver proof coins starting in 2019.
* 980: common standard used in Mexico ca. 1930–1945
* 958: () Britannia silver
* 950: French 1st Standard
* 947.9: 91 zolotnik Russian silver
* 935: Swiss standard for watchcases after 1887, to meet the British Merchandise Marks Act and to be of equal grade to 925 sterling. Sometimes claimed to have arisen as a Swiss misunderstanding of the standard required for British sterling. Usually marked with three Swiss bears.
* 935: used in the Art Deco period in Austria and Germany. Scandinavian silver jewellers used 935 silver after the 2nd World War
* 925: () Sterling silver The UK has used this alloy from the early 12th century. Equivalent to plata de primera ley in Spain (first law silver)
* 917: a standard used for the minting of Indian silver (rupees), during the British raj and for some coins during the first Brazilian Republic.
* 916: 88 zolotnik Russian silver
* 900: one nine fine, coin-silver, or 90% silver: e.g. Flowing Hair and 1837–1964 U.S. silver coins.  Also used in U.S. silver commemorative coins and silver proof coins 1982–2018.
* 892.4:  US coinage  fine "standard silver" as defined by the Coinage Act of 1792: e.g. Draped Bust and Capped Bust U.S. silver coins (1795–1836)
* 875: 84 zolotnik is the most common fineness for Russian silver. Swiss standard, commonly used for export watchcases (also 800 and later 935).
* 868: 83  zolotnik. Imperial Russian coinage between 1797 and 1885.
* 835: A standard predominantly used in Germany after 1884, and for some Dutch silver; and for the minting of coins in countries of the Latin Monetary Union
* 833: () a common standard for continental silver especially among the Dutch, Swedish, and Germans
* 830: A common standard used in older Scandinavian silver
* 800: The minimum standard for silver in Germany after 1884; the French 2nd standard for silver; "plata de segunda ley" in Spain (second law silver); Egyptian silver; Canadian silver circulating coinage from 1920-1966/7
* 750: An uncommon silver standard found in older German, Swiss and Austro-Hungarian silver
* 720: Decoplata: many Mexican and Dutch silver coins use this standard, as well as some coins from Portugal's former colonies, Japan, Uruguay, Ecuador, Egypt, and Morocco.
* 600: Used in some examples of postwar Japanese coins, such as the 1957-1966 100 yen coin
* 500: Standard used for making British coinage 1920–1946 as well as Canadian coins from 1967-1968, and some coins from Colombia and Brazil.
* 400: Standard used for US half dollars between 1965 and 1970, and commemorative issue Eisenhower dollars between 1971 and 1978. Also used in some Swedish Krona coins.
* 350: Standard used for US Jefferson "war nickels" minted between 1942 and 1945.