U.S. Precious Metals Directory

Bullion Dealers & Wholesalers

Bullion Wholesalers

Bullion wholesalers are companies that sell gold, silver, and platinum bullion coins and bars to retail precious metals bullion dealers at wholesale prices.

Precious Metals Dealers

Bullion dealers are retailers that obtain gold, silver, and platinum products from mints and wholesalers and offer them to customers via their website and/or a storefront.

Precious Metals IRA Firms

Precious metals IRA firms help prospective retirees to invest in precious metals from their individual retirement accounts (IRA) while reaping the tax advantages that are typical to all IRAs. To purchase precious metals to hold within an IRA, the IRA holder must have a custodian account with a precious metals-friendly IRA custodian firm.

Precious Metals IRA Custodians

Precious metals IRA custodian firms safeguard physical precious metals for prospective retirees who invest in precious metals through their individual retirement accounts (IRA).

Miners, Refiners, and Mints

Gold & Silver Mining Companies

Mining companies extract gold and silver ore from the earth to be refined into highly pure metal for use in jewelry, bullion coins and bars, industrial applications, the chemical industry, solar panels, and much more.

Precious Metals Refiners

Precious metals refiners refine gold, silver, and platinum ore and scrap into virtually pure metal to be used in industry, for investments, and more. Some precious metals refiners also function as mints, producing bullion products from the ore and scrap they refine.

Gold & Silver Bullion Mints

A gold & silver bullion mint is a facility that produces coins for circulation or investment purposes (i.e., bullion). Some mints are government owned, while others are privately owned. Unlike government owned mints, most privately owned mints don't produce legal tender coins and instead typically specialize in producing bullion bars and rounds.

American Bullion Coins

Current U.S. Bullion Coins

Bullion coins are precious metal coins that are produced by an official government mint. They are considered legal tender but are typically used for investment purposes rather than day-to-day transactional purposes due to their high value, rarity, and physical softness.

Historic U.S. Bullion Coins

Throughout its history, the United States Mint has produced many precious metal coins that are still popular with investors. Many of these coins derive their value from both the precious metals content of the coin and the rarity and numismatic value of the coin.

Exchanges & ETFs

Gold & Silver Trading Exchanges

Gold & Silver Trading Exchanges are venues where electronic or so called “paper” (rather than physical) precious metals trade. Paper precious metals include futures and options contracts as well as exchange-traded funds.

Exchange-Traded Precious Metals Funds (ETFs)

Exchange-traded precious metals funds or ETFs track the price of precious metals and precious metals mining stocks. Some gold and silver ETFs are claimed to be backed by physical precious metals, while others are not.

Gold & Silver Trading Firms

Gold & Silver trading firms are active participants in both the physical and paper precious metals markets and act as market makers, speculators, and arbitrageurs.

Depositories & Shipping

Bullion Depositories & Vaults

Bullion depositories and vaults store physical gold and silver on behalf of governments, central banks, financial institutions, and individual investors.

Shipping & Logistics Companies

Shipping and logistics companies play a crucial role in safely transporting physical precious metals and providing insurance coverage for these valuable shipments.

Safe Manufacturers

Safe manufacturers design and produce secure safes for businesses and individuals to store their precious metals and other valuable items.

Testing Equipment & Accessories

Due to the high value and susceptibility to counterfeiting of precious metals, verifying the authenticity of precious metals is crucial. These products and services assist investors, dealers, and end-users in accurately testing the genuineness of their physical precious metals.

Information Sources

Precious Metals News, Commentary, and Data Sites

Sites that provide news, commentary, and data relevant to precious metals, economic trends, and sound money advocacy.

Books About Precious Metals

Books that focus on precious metals investing, economic trends, and the benefits of free markets and sound money.

Precious Metals YouTube Channels

YouTube channels dedicated to precious metals investing, analyzing economic trends, and promoting the advantages of free markets and sound money policies.

Conferences & Trade Shows

A list of precious metals-related conferences and trade shows in the United States.

Government Entities

A list of U.S. government entities involved with or relevant to the precious metals industry.