How to sell gold in Vancouver without guessing at the value
A calculation-first guide to weighing, identifying, comparing and verifying gold before accepting a Vancouver buyer's offer.
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Gold and silver, explained.
Practical Canadian guides to buying bullion, valuing jewellery and understanding the price. Search a question or choose a topic.
Canadian Gold Maple Leaf premiums: compare the total cost
One fine ounce is only the starting point. Compare year, security features, payment costs and resale terms, with a dated Vancouver-area price-table example.
Read the guideHow gold is tested: hallmarks, density, acid, conductivity and XRF
A plain-language explanation of common gold-testing methods, their limits and why valuable items may need more than one test.
Read the guideWeighing gold in Canada: the scale, the gram and the transaction record
What Canadian sellers should understand about legal-for-trade precious-metals scales, observable weighing and eligible gold weight.
Read the guideGold and GST/HST in Canada: why form and purity matter
An educational primer on the CRA's precious-metal definition and why bullion and jewellery can receive different GST/HST treatment.
Read the guideHow gold refining works in Canada: assay, recovery and settlement
A source-backed map of the refining chain—from mixed material and assay through purification, outturn and commercial settlement.
Read the guideGold refiners and LBMA Good Delivery: what recognition does—and does not—mean
Understand the wholesale Good Delivery system, listed refiners and why a retail bar still requires product-level verification.
Read the guideHow to compare gold buyers in Vancouver without guessing
A practical framework for comparing gold offers by verified metal value, deductions, identity, receipt quality and custody—not marketing claims.
Read the guideSelling sterling silver in Vancouver: what weight really means
How to separate sterling, plated and weighted silver items before comparing a Vancouver buyer's offer.
Read the guideStoring gold and silver in Canada: ask what is actually protected.
Home, bank box or professional vault: separate physical security, legal ownership, insurance, access and the full cost of getting your metal back.
Read the guideWhat happens at a private gold assessment in Vancouver
A clear, customer-first outline of the information, testing and records that make a high-value precious-metals assessment easier to understand.
Read the guideCAD gold price alerts: what an alert can tell you—and what it cannot
A better way to use a gold or silver alert: identify the reference, preserve context and know when verification still matters.
Read the guidePhysical gold or a gold ETF? Start with what you want to own.
Coins in your possession and units in a fund solve different problems. Compare ownership, costs, currency exposure and the practical route out.
Read the guide22K / 916 gold value in Canada: grams, tolas and jewellery
Turn a 916 hallmark and a weight into a contained-gold reference, with worked gram and tola examples and a clear explanation of what a buyer’s offer leaves out.
Read the guideGold, silver and the Canadian dollar: the September 15 brief
A softer loonie cushioned last week’s metal-price declines. Plus: the Bank of Canada’s next publication and what a central-bank gold move actually tells us.
Read the guideSilver’s 2026 supply deficit: what it means—and doesn’t
A Canadian buyer’s guide to the 46.3-million-ounce deficit forecast, industrial demand, above-ground stocks and the premium on physical silver.
Read the guideGold-to-silver ratio, with the real-world context.
Compare gold and silver by the troy ounce, then see how product premiums change the purchase-cost comparison. Indicative references—not a trading signal.
Read the guideGold purity and karats: what 10K, 14K, 18K, 22K and 24K mean
Understand karats, fineness, hallmarks and why an indicated stamp is the start—not the end—of gold verification.
Read the guideGold vs silver: the practical differences behind the price.
Start with position size, physical weight, premiums and resale—not the idea that a lower ounce price must mean a cheaper investment.
Read the guideYour gold price is not your breakeven price.
A worked Canadian-dollar example of purchase premiums, holding costs and resale deductions—and why a rising gold price may still leave you below breakeven.
Read the guideGold bars vs coins in Canada: compare the exit, too.
A lower premium is only part of the decision. Compare equal fine-gold content, partial resale, verification and the amount you could receive back.
Read the guideHow metal value becomes an estimate
Understand the difference between a market price, the metal in your item and an actual offer—and how Meridian’s calculator puts those numbers in context.
Read the guideHow gold jewellery value is calculated in Canada: weight, karat and what changes the payout
A practical way to separate a CAD gold reference, eligible weight, verified purity and a dealer's eventual payable amount.
Read the guideHow to read a gold price chart in Canada without mistaking it for a dealer quote
The practical distinction between a CAD market reference, a chart timestamp, foreign exchange and an executable retail or purchase price.
Read the guideSelling inherited gold in Canada: inventory, authority and value before disposition
A calm first-step process for inherited jewellery, bullion and coins: separate the estate record, product type and verification path before deciding what to sell.
Read the guideSelling gold coins in Canada: bullion value, authentication and collector exceptions
How to prepare gold coins for sale without confusing a live gold benchmark with a verified bullion bid or a collectible-coin appraisal.
Read the guideCanadian silver coin melt value: what a live calculator can—and cannot—tell you
How to read silver content, fine-silver weight and current melt value for Canadian coins without confusing metal value with collectible value.
Read the guideWhy the Canadian gold price moves even when gold itself is flat
Understand the two variables inside a CAD gold quote: the global gold reference and the Canadian-dollar conversion.
Read the guideBuying physical gold in Vancouver: bars, coins, premiums and buyback
A buyer's framework for comparing recognized bullion products, total premiums, verification and future liquidity.
Read the guideEstate gold checklist: inventory first, valuation second, sale third
A disciplined way to document estate jewellery, coins and bullion before deciding what should be retained, appraised or sold.
Read the guideGold transaction red flags: pressure, unverifiable pricing and broken custody
Practical warning signs for consumers buying or selling physical gold online or in person.
Read the guideHow a physical-gold dealer spread actually works
A transparent model for understanding the difference between spot, dealer buy price, retail price and realized gross margin.
Read the guidePut it into practice