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Pawnshop Refining: Bulk Smelt or Individual Assay?

Pawnshop Refining: Bulk Smelt or Individual Assay?

Issac Makdessian
Published on: 08/10/2026

Pawnshop refining turns on one question: does your refiner fire assay the melted lot, or estimate before it? When to bulk smelt, and which pieces to pull first.

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Where to Sell Silver: Refinery vs Coin Shop vs Pawn

Where to Sell Silver: Refinery vs Coin Shop vs Pawn

Issac Makdessian
Published on: 01/10/2026

Where to sell silver: what a refinery, coin shop, pawn shop and mail-in buyer each pay on the same $1,982 of sterling, and which one is wrong for bullion.

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Scrap Gold in the Bay Area: What It's Really Worth

Scrap Gold in the Bay Area: What It's Really Worth

Issac Makdessian
Published on: 24/09/2026

Scrap gold in the Bay Area: what counts as scrap, how a South SF refiner calculates payout from spot, and every deduction in between. Worked math inside.

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Dental Lab Refining: Crowns, PFMs, and California Rules

Dental Lab Refining: Crowns, PFMs, and California Rules

Issac Makdessian
Published on: 17/09/2026

Dental lab refining from a South SF refiner: what a refinery can take, what California treats as universal waste, and how lot handling sets your assay.

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Buy Gold in San Francisco: Spot Price to Physical Bars

Buy Gold in San Francisco: Spot Price to Physical Bars

Issac Makdessian
Published on: 10/09/2026

Buying gold in San Francisco? A South SF refiner breaks down premiums over spot and why a $2,000 purchase carries no California sales tax but $1,900 does.

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Where to Sell Dental Gold Near Me: A Bay Area Guide

Where to Sell Dental Gold Near Me: A Bay Area Guide

Issac Makdessian
Published on: 03/09/2026

Where to sell dental gold near me? A South SF refiner on crown, bridge and PFM alloys, the payout math at $4,090 gold, and the one amalgam trap to avoid.

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