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Beginners Guide

If you’ve decided to invest in Gold and Silver, you may wonder what coins are the best to purchase to build up your investments. With our Investing Guides for Beginners, you can learn about the top coins to purchase, Gold and Silver IRAs and more. 

Silver Eagles vs. Silver Bars

If you are interested in finding another silver investment alternative to Silver Eagles silver bars are something to look into. Check out why we think so.
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Which Dimes Are Silver?

Learn more about which dimes are silver and how that impacts different dimes’ values.
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Silver Eagles vs. Silver Britannias

You may be looking for another silver coin option to invest in while Silver Eagle prices are up. Consider investing in Silver Britannias!
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What are Sovereign Mints and Private Mints?

There are several mints from around the world that produce Precious Metals products. Some mints are distinguished by regulations while others are not. For collectors
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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What are Precious Metals?

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

There are several mints from around the world that produce Precious Metals products. Some mints are distinguished by regulations while others are not. For collectors
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More

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.
Read More

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
Read More

What are Precious Metals?

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

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
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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.  

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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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