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Metal prices: from content to quote
Separate benchmarks, retail offers, buybacks and theoretical metal values. Check the material and unit before comparing.
One metal. Three different gold prices.
A benchmark, a shop price and a buyback offer answer different questions. Here is how to compare them without inventing a “fair premium”.
18K gold: calculate the metal, not the price tag.
A purity mark helps estimate fine-gold content. It does not authenticate a piece or establish its resale price.
925 silver: why melt value is not your payout.
A clean calculation for sterling silver, with explicit limits for plated, weighted and mixed-material objects.