Saturday, October 3, 2009

Sell My Gold For Cash

By Hal Young

How to sell my gold? This gets brought up quite a bit for newbies to the selling gold field. Whether its gold jewelry, coins, bullion, or even gold scrap you can sell your gold for cash both safely and easily if you take the time to learn how. You just have to be on the lookout for con artists and scammers looking to take advantage of you. In the following article I will explain just how you can do that.

The first step, no matter which type of gold you're looking to sell, is always to find out how much gold is worth. The best way to go about doing this is to go straight to a jewelry store or pawnshop. Most jewelry stores or pawnshops will have an experience jeweler on hand that can estimate the value of your gold right there in the store. They do this based on the current spot price of gold which changes daily so you may have to check the price again later on before you actually sell. You can also figure this out by yourself but it will take an article in itself to explain it.

Now that you've finally figured out how much your gold is worth it is time to go about finding a gold buyer. There are hundreds if not thousands of buyers out there - you just have to find them. You can do this in several different ways but the easiest by far is the phone book or online. Just make sure that you research them thoroughly before selling to so you don't get ripped off.

If you have scrap gold to sell, your best bet would be selling to a gold refiner. Gold refiners buy your gold based on the spot price of gold and various other factors but you can usually get at least 90% of the spot price of gold if the refiner is legitimate. Also most gold refiners usually have a sliding pay scale so the more you have the better chance you have a getting a better price.

If you have any gold jewelry and you think it might be worth more than just the gold content in the piece, you should probably think about selling to a gold jeweler or pawnshop. At very least they will confirm if it is actually worth more than the gold content in the piece. If it is you will certainly get more than what you'd get from a gold refiner or dealer.

And finally if you're looking to sell gold coins the best place is probably straight to a coin dealer. Some older coins might have more value than just the gold in them so selling to a gold coin dealer who can appraise them is usually better than selling to a gold refiner.

And that is all there is to it folks. If you will just follow the tips outlined above you will have learned how to "sell my gold" both safely and easily. Just remember to check out the companies first before going through with anything. - 22871

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