Archive for the ‘Precious Metals’ Category
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
I received a question in a comment on one of my more popular posts that describes how to figure out how much gold jewelry is worth. Here's the question:
What is the dollar worth of an 18″, 14-karat, 14.38 gram weight gold chain? No formulas please.
Before working out the answer, it's ...
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Friday, October 21st, 2011
You may have heard of cash-for-gold businesses -- turn your gold into cash. The procedure for getting cash for your gold at these kinds of places goes like this:
Request an envelope.
Drop your gold jewelry in the envelope and mail it to them.
They send you a check.
Easy peasy, right? It is. ...
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011
A friend and I got to chatting about investments over lunch recently. After lamenting about the stock market, 401(k)s, and so forth, we talked a bit about precious metals. Like most people whom I've talked with about this subject -- including myself, I suppose -- we wish that we would ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Got this question a couple of days ago from a reader:
How much is 15.4 grams of gold filled worth to a gold and silver place?
Here's what I can tell you.
A gold and silver place will likely give you less than melt value for your chain. If they're not going ...
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