Ha, yes, I agree with johngeddes, you are definitely an interesting person. I have something to add to the gold/silver. My husband recently ran across some information about copper and its benefits to the body and how the majority of people these days have copper deficencies. Ironically, as you are looking for silver ware, my husband and I are looking for copper cups. We ditched our plastic for glass long ago and now we're hoping to replace them with copper. We have a set of silverplated silverware, it's actually my great grandmother's set, but that's the closest we've been able to get with that.
As for the states, I think it was optimistic to call them United for most of our history ;)