Understand the market before you sell
Background, practical guides and calculating tools – written by our own valuers, gemmologists and watchmaker.
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Articles
Background to the market: why rates move, what regulation means and how to translate that to your own situation.
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Guides
Step by step through a single subject. Written to be read before you sell.
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Tools
Calculating aids and reference tables for gold, silver and diamond. Ready to use, without registration, at the rate of this moment.
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News
What happened in the market this week, and what it means if you want to sell now. Short, with the figures alongside.
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Background to the market: why rates move, what regulation means and how to translate that to your own situation.
Selling a gold watch: gold value or watch value?
With a gold watch from a lesser-known brand the gold is often the price; with a sought-after brand it is the watch. How to tell which applies to yours, and how much of the weight is actually gold.
Real or fake Rolex? Serial number, year of manufacture and the tell-tale signs
Where to find the serial and reference numbers, what they tell you about the year and the version, and which signs you can check yourself. Plus why certainty only comes once the case is open.
Selling gold at home: how to recognise a genuine valuer
A buyer who rings your doorbell unannounced is not a valuer. Six signs of a trustworthy home visit, and what to do if something is not right.
Step by step through a single subject. Written to be read before you sell.
Where to sell gold: buyer, jeweller, pawnshop or online
Six ways to sell gold side by side, with the pros and cons of each. Plus the five questions that tell you whether a buyer is reliable.
Hallmarks in the Netherlands and Belgium: fineness, maker and date
Lion, sword, oak leaf, date letter and maker’s mark: what Dutch and Belgian hallmarks on gold and silver mean, with the date letters up to 2034.
Recognising hallmarks in jewellery
585, 750, 925, EPNS – an overview of the most common hallmarks and what they mean.
Calculating aids and reference tables for gold, silver and diamond. Ready to use, without registration, at the rate of this moment.
Rate overview
Gold, silver, platinum and palladium in euros per gram and per kilo, with today’s movement.
Carat and alloy table
Every common hallmark with the fineness that belongs to it, and today’s purchase price per gram.
Diamond calculator
An indication of value based on the four C’s, the certifying laboratory and your certificate number.
What happened in the market this week, and what it means if you want to sell now. Short, with the figures alongside.
150 more coins: from the Morgan dollar to the gold rider
Our coin catalogue grows from 52 to 202 coins: 86 in gold, 50 in silver, 9 in platinum and 5 in palladium, from 50 countries. Every coin has its own page with fine weight and today’s price.
September in figures: all four precious metals lower
Gold fell 3.8 per cent in September, silver 7.4, platinum 3.2 and palladium 13.7. What that means for your jewellery, coins and bars, with the rates of 1 October.
A question about your gold? Send us a WhatsApp message
Besides phone, email and the chat on our site, you can now reach us on WhatsApp. Handy for a photo of a hallmark or a quick question in between.
Further in the knowledge centre
Questions about the knowledge centre
Are the articles and guides free?
Yes, everything in the knowledge centre is freely accessible. You do not have to register for anything and we never ask for an e-mail address. The site sets no tracking cookies either, so reading here leaves no trail.
Who writes these pieces?
Our own valuers, gemmologists and watchmaker. The name of the author is stated with every piece, together with the date and the reading time, so that you can see who stands behind the text and how current it is.
How often is the information updated?
Price-related tools always work with the rate of that moment. Articles and guides are revised as soon as regulation or market conditions give reason to do so, and the date of the piece tells you when that last happened.
May I quote from this?
Gladly, with an acknowledgement of the source and a link to the original page. That way your readers can check the context for themselves and see when the piece was last revised, which matters with figures that move.
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Sources
Where you can verify what you have just read.
- LBMAThe London gold and silver price our daily rate is built on
- WaarborgHollandThe Dutch assay office that verifies fineness and strikes hallmarks
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