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Products & Formats (Coins, Bars, Rounds, Vaulted)

Gold and Silver Bars, Coins, or Rounds: How to Choose

Walk into the physical gold and silver market for the first time and you meet three shapes almost at once: the government coin with a face value stamped on it, the plain round that looks like a coin but is not one, and the bar that ranges from a wafer you could lose in a […]

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Priya Anand August 7, 2026

Products & Formats (Coins, Bars, Rounds, Vaulted)

Fractional Gold Coins: Are the Smaller Sizes Worth It?

Not everyone starts with a full ounce. A buyer with a few hundred dollars to spare, a grandparent who wants to tuck real gold into a birthday card, someone who likes the idea of metal they could actually break off and spend in a pinch: they tend to arrive at the same shelf, the one […]

Priya Anand Jul 28, 2026

Products & Formats (Coins, Bars, Rounds, Vaulted)

Five Ways to Own Gold — and What Each One Actually Gets You

Physical coins and bars, allocated and unallocated accounts, gold-backed ETFs, futures, and mining or royalty shares all offer exposure to gold — but they differ sharply on liquidity, counterparty risk, cost, and leverage. A clear-eyed comparison, including the perennial "paper gold" debate.

Jacob Barton Jun 16, 2026

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