This may depend on if you are selling in person or via the mail, but the most trustworthy place is often one which will evaluate your gold and appraise it's value in person. You should have an appraisal prior to selling to have some idea of your items worth, and thus be able to determine how trustworthy your buyer might be.
The best place I've found that you can buy scrap or melted down gold nuggets, is online, at the website goldfeverprospecting.com. They seem to be the most reputable company I can find.
Finding the best scrap gold buyer is not easy. The company I work for is called Metallix Direct Gold. We are a we buy gold company but we offer the highest price for your scrap gold. Most scrap gold buyers have a middleman within the process who buys the gold for a low price from you, and sells it to the refinery for a high price. With us there is no middleman because we are the refinery. This means you will get the most money for your gold because it is going directly to the refinery. Our website has a gold calculator which will give you an estimate on how much you will get for your scrap gold. We also have daily updated price charts according to the London Fix.
Most online and mail-in services pay for all shipping when you sell scrap gold to them. Some of them can email you the shipping label so that you can send your items sooner. Others may need to physically mail you a wrapper and label, and this will delay your efforts to sell scrap gold. If you need to sell scrap gold quickly, look for one that can provide you with a printable shipping label you can use on your own box.
Yes, you can sell 18kt HGE (High Gold Electroplate) for scrap, but its value will be significantly lower than solid gold due to the thin layer of gold over a base metal. Most scrap buyers focus on the gold content, and since HGE contains minimal gold, it may not be worth much. It's important to check with local scrap dealers for their policies on HGE items, as some may not accept them at all.
The scrap price of 23k gold per gram will vary depending on current market conditions and the buyer you are selling to. It's recommended to check with local jewelers or online gold buyers to get the most up-to-date pricing.
Yes, if you were going to sell scrap gold to a gold buying company, you should compare the rates offered and read reviews. Better prices can be found at most jewelry stores, and they have a better reputation.
There are a number of websites that give real-time gold prices. The most popular are Yahoo Finance, goldprices.org, and kitco.com. Scrap gold buyers rarely pay anywhere near the wholesale price of gold quoted in the financial markets, however.
There are many services that offer money for gold like Cash4Gold. Most of these services offer bad deals because their goal is to benefit from this service. The better choice would be a local jewelry or pawnshop that offers money for scrap gold for a fair rate.
Most Cash Converters will as long as it's solid gold. The price will obviously be much lower than a crafted piece of jewellery.
Yes, but in most cases it has very little value.If it is in like-new condition and has an unusual pattern, there are a few collectors who might be interested in purchasing it. Advertise it online or in your local paper.As scrap gold, it has no value since there is very little gold in it. A whole 8-piece place setting probably has less than 1/1000 of an ounce of gold or about $1.80 at current gold prices, and since scrap gold buyers usually pay less than 1/3 the gold value, an entire box of gold plated cutlery would be worth about 60 cents or less.
It depends on if it's made of gold or just gold plated. It has no value as a coin. Take it to a jewler. Most buy scrap gold & silver.
Jewelers RARELY use old gold for casting, as it corrupts the casting process due to the nature of the metal and other impurities. Most of the time when they tell you they are using it, they are NOT. There is a product called CleanCast that helps the process, but fresh gold is ALWAYS better. If you use gold that is old, you can't be assured of the quality of the outcome. Poracity, crystallization of the metal and poor flow will make your piece look bad. A good jeweler will credit you for your scrap gold but most probably use his own refined gold to cast a piece