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Learn the benefits and basic steps to investing in Precious Metals with our Investing Guides for beginners, including How-To guides for investing in Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium. 

Discover the allure of gold bars as a timeless investment. From small 1/2g to substantial 1kg gold bar in hand.
Discover the differences between bullion vs proof coins with insights on production, design, pricing, and collectability.
Gold IRA vs Physical Gold: explore tax advantages, diversification, and security for your wealth.

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Silver Vs Platinum Vs Palladium – How To Tell The Difference

To the untrained eye, some Precious Metals may be hard to identify. Intuitively, we have a general idea of what Precious Metals look like, but

What is Fine Silver?

Ever wonder how fine Silver is produced? APMEX is here to answer all of your Silver bullion questions about how, where, and why it is

What Is A Troy Ounce?

Precious Metals investing comes with new verbiage, concepts, and terms that differ from investing in paper assets. Many of these terms are fairly easy to

Gold to Silver Ratio

The Gold to Silver Ratio, like any other technical trading data we might examine to help us make investment decisions, is theoretical and therefore fallible.

What is Premium Over Spot?

Buying Gold and Silver can be confusing. Learn about the difference between Gold and Silver spot prices and premiums. Each Silver and Gold product has

What are Precious Metals?

What makes a metal precious? Is it rarity? Or something else? Find out what differentiates precious metals from regular metals.

The Gold to Platinum Ratio

The Gold to Platinum ratio indicates how much Platinum it takes to buy Gold. It indicates the relative strength of Gold prices compared with Platinum
To the untrained eye, some Precious Metals may be hard to identify. Intuitively, we have a general idea of what Precious Metals look like, but
Ever wonder how fine Silver is produced? APMEX is here to answer all of your Silver bullion questions about how, where, and why it is
Precious Metals investing comes with new verbiage, concepts, and terms that differ from investing in paper assets. Many of these terms are fairly easy to
The Gold to Silver Ratio, like any other technical trading data we might examine to help us make investment decisions, is theoretical and therefore fallible.
Buying Gold and Silver can be confusing. Learn about the difference between Gold and Silver spot prices and premiums. Each Silver and Gold product has
What makes a metal precious? Is it rarity? Or something else? Find out what differentiates precious metals from regular metals.
The Gold to Platinum ratio indicates how much Platinum it takes to buy Gold. It indicates the relative strength of Gold prices compared with Platinum

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What is Bullion?

Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium all come in various forms and sizes to create a variety of options for investors and collectors.  

What is an Eagle?

Since the U.S. Mint’s American Eagle program began in 1986, Gold and Silver Eagles have remained a popular choice among both investors and collectors

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