A comparative study is conducted on the structure, electronic and spectroscopic properties of Ag 2 SO 4 and LiAgSO 4 . Both the sulphates crystallise in an orthorhombic structure with the same space group of Fddd (70). A red shift in Raman modes indicates the stiffness of the crystal Ag 2 SO 4 over LiAgSO 4 . From ESR, it is observed that these sulphates has Mn 2+ impurities leading to the g av = 2.1040 at a field of 3255 G. This indicates that the Mn 2+ ions have an environment close to octahedral symmetry. The g value corresponding to Ag 2 SO 4 is 2.3005. The endothermic peaks in LiAgSO 4 at 388.8 and 420 0 C are due to the formation of BCC structure of LiAgSO 4 . The peak at 420.9 0 C in Ag 2 SO 4 may be due to the phase transition of β-Ag 2 SO 4 particles to α-Ag 2 SO 4 on heating.