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Gold Value, Purity and Buying Guides

Use these practical guides to understand gold value, compare karats and units, check buyer offers, and make better buying decisions before opening a calculator.

A useful starting point

Weight × purity × spot price

These guides explain each part before you use a calculator or compare an offer.

Gold value and selling

01 / 03

Understand melt value, buyer deductions, and the steps that make a gold sale easier to compare.

Purity and buying

02 / 03

Use hallmark and karat knowledge to compare jewelry prices with more confidence.

Local gold markets

03 / 03

Country-specific explanations for local units, currencies, market language, and buying decisions.

Keep going

Take the explanation into a calculation.

After reading a guide, use the calculator that matches your goal. Start with the global gold calculator, or choose a country page with local currency and weight units already selected.