Expert guides on selling, refining, and investing in precious metals. Stay informed with the latest industry insights.
Dental gold value is set by the alloy, not the color. A Bay Area refiner prices a 58% gold crown against a 2% gold crown at August 2026 metal prices.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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