Guides
Gold, silver, and coin guides.
What your gold, silver, and coins are worth, how to tell what you have, and how to sell it. Every guide shows today's prices.
Selling gold and silver
- How to sell gold.
- How to sell silver.
- How to sell platinum.
- How to sell palladium.
- What's the best place to sell silver?
- Selling gold for cash: how you get paid.
- Gold-buying scams to watch for.
- What is melt value?
- What do you need to sell gold?
- Should you clean gold or coins before selling?
- How to weigh gold at home.
- What scale should I buy for gold and silver?
- Who pays the most for gold?
- What's the best place to sell gold?
- How much do gold buyers pay?
- Gold and silver prices today.
- How to sell gold by mail safely.
- Inherited gold, silver, or coins? What to do first.
- How to sell a coin collection.
- What is the spot price of gold?
- Troy ounces, grams, and pennyweight.
- Troy ounce vs ounce: ozt vs ozt.
- Gold price per pennyweight.
Gold jewelry and scrap
- PAMP, Valcambi, and Perth Mint bars.
- Do you need the assay card to sell a gold bar?
- 999 vs 9999 gold: what's the difference?
- What is a tola bar worth?
- What is rhodium, and is rhodium plating worth anything?
- Gold karat chart.
- Why gold is measured in karats, and why 24 is pure.
- Karat vs carat: gold purity vs diamond weight.
- What is 9K gold worth?
- What is 10K gold worth?
- What is 12K gold worth?
- What is 14K gold worth?
- What is 18K gold worth?
- What is 22K gold worth?
- What is 24K gold worth?
- How much is a gold chain worth?
- How much is a gold ring worth?
- How much is a gold bracelet worth?
- How much are gold earrings worth?
- Is white gold worth less than yellow gold?
- How much is dental gold worth?
- What is a gold nugget worth?
- Is gold-filled jewelry worth anything?
- What is platinum jewelry worth?
- What is a gold bar worth?
- How much is a gold wedding band worth?
- Can you sell broken gold jewelry?
Identifying gold, silver, and platinum
- What equipment do you need to test gold and silver?
- Jeweler's loupe: reading gold and silver stamps.
- Gold acid test kit: how the touchstone test works.
- Calipers and coin gauges: checking a coin's size.
- Electronic gold testers: what they measure.
- Gold-filled vs gold-plated: what's the difference?
- What is vermeil, and what's it worth?
- What is coin silver?
- How to tell if gold is real.
- Is it gold-plated?
- How to read gold stamps.
- What does 417 mean on gold?
- What does 585 mean on gold?
- What does 750 mean on gold?
- What does 916 mean on gold?
- 10K vs 14K gold: what's the difference?
- 14K vs 18K gold: what's the difference?
- Platinum or white gold?
- Is my silver real?
- How to identify sterling silver.
- What does 925 mean on jewelry?
- Is my gold coin real?
- How to test silver.
- The specific gravity test for silver.
- XRF testing for silver and gold.
- Testing silver with a Sigma Metalytics verifier.
- The magnet test for silver.
- The acid test for silver.
- The ice test for silver.
- The ping test for silver coins.
Gold and platinum coins
- Coin grades explained.
- How to sell graded coins.
- Krugerrand vs Gold Eagle: what's the difference?
- Gold Eagle vs Gold Buffalo: what's the difference?
- What are fractional gold coins worth?
- How to sell gold coins.
- What is a 1 ozt gold coin worth?
- What is an American Gold Eagle worth?
- What is an American Gold Buffalo worth?
- What is a Krugerrand worth?
- What is a Maple Leaf worth?
- What is a Philharmonic worth?
- What is a Britannia worth?
- What is an Australian Kangaroo coin worth?
- What is a Mexican Libertad worth?
- What is a Chinese Panda coin worth?
- What is a gold sovereign worth?
- What is a Mexican 50 pesos gold coin worth?
- What are old U.S. gold coins worth?
- What is a Platinum Eagle worth?
- Proof vs bullion coins: what's the difference?
- What is a $20 gold coin worth?
- What is a $10 gold coin worth?
- What is a $5 gold coin worth?
- What is a $2.50 gold coin worth?
Silver coins and bullion
- What is a silver monster box worth?
- Silver Eagle vs Silver Maple Leaf: what's the difference?
- What is a Walking Liberty half dollar worth?
- What is a Franklin half dollar worth?
- Are Kennedy half dollars silver?
- What is a Mercury dime worth?
- What is a Peace dollar worth?
- What are 90% silver coins worth?
- What is junk silver worth?
- What years are dimes silver?
- What years are quarters silver?
- What are silver half dollars worth?
- What is a Morgan silver dollar worth?
- Why Morgan and Peace dollars weigh 26.73 grams.
- Are Eisenhower dollars silver?
- What is a war nickel worth?
- What are Canadian silver coins worth?
- What is an American Silver Eagle worth?
- What is a silver bar worth?
- What is a silver round worth?
- What years are quarters silver?
- What years are dimes silver?
- What years are half dollars silver?
- What years are nickels silver?
- What years are dollar coins silver?
- Sovereign vs generic silver: what's the difference?
- What do mint marks on coins mean?
- U.S. Mint 2026 releases.
Sterling and scrap silver
- How to read silver stamps.
- Is my silverware real silver?
- Is silver plate worth anything?
- What is 800 silver worth?
- Mexican silver jewelry: marks and value.
- How to sell silverware.
- How to find silver at flea markets, thrift stores, and antique shops.
- What is sterling silver flatware worth?
- What is sterling silver hollowware worth?
- What is sterling silver jewelry worth?
- Scrap silver prices.
Buying and owning
- How much gold or silver should you buy?
- Physical gold vs gold ETFs.
- Physical silver vs silver ETFs.
- Physical platinum vs platinum ETFs.
- Physical palladium vs palladium ETFs.
- Physical premiums vs ETF fees.
- How to buy physical gold.
- How to buy physical silver.
- How to buy physical platinum.
- How to buy physical palladium.
- How to store gold and silver.
- Is gold a good gift?
- Is silver a good gift?
- How much gold or silver to give as a gift.
Metal prices
- How much is a gram of gold worth?
- How much is a gram of silver worth?
- How much is a gram of platinum worth?
- How much is a gram of palladium worth?
- Bid vs ask: what the spread is.
- How is the spot price of gold and silver calculated?
- London vs Shanghai gold and silver prices.
- How much silver is mined each year?
- The silver deficit: supply, demand, and projections.
- Silver vault inventories and shortages.
- Silver lease rates explained.
- Gold price history since 2000.
- Silver price history since 2000.
- The gold-to-silver ratio.
- Why is gold going up?
- Why is gold going down?
- Why is silver going up?
- Why is silver going down?
- Why is platinum going up?
- Why is platinum going down?
- Why is palladium going up?
- Why is palladium going down?
Platinum group metals
- The six platinum-group metals.
- What is osmium, and what is it worth?
- What is iridium, and what is it worth?
- What is ruthenium, and what is it worth?
Taxes
- Do you pay taxes when you sell gold?
- Do you pay taxes when you sell silver?
- Tax-loss harvesting with gold and silver.
- Do you pay taxes on selling gold jewelry?
- Inherited gold and taxes: what you owe when you sell.
- Do gold dealers report sales to the IRS?
Selling near you
- Sell gold by mail in Alabama.
- Sell gold by mail in Colorado.
- Sell gold by mail in Delaware.
- Sell gold by mail in Illinois.
- Sell gold by mail in Iowa.
- Sell gold by mail in Louisiana.
- Sell gold by mail in Massachusetts.
- Sell gold by mail in Mississippi.
- Sell gold by mail in Nebraska.
- Sell gold by mail in New Hampshire.
- Sell gold by mail in New York.
- Sell gold by mail in North Carolina.
- Sell gold by mail in Oregon.
- Sell gold by mail in South Carolina.
- Sell gold by mail in Vermont.
- Sell gold by mail in Virginia.
- Sell gold by mail in Wisconsin.
- Sell gold by mail in Wyoming.
- Sell gold in Marin County.
- Sell gold in Oakland, Berkeley, and the East Bay.
- Sell gold in San Francisco.
- Sell gold in San Jose and the South Bay.
- Sell gold on the Peninsula, from Daly City to Palo Alto.