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Gold Doubloon Fetches Millions

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

It may sound like a headline from the Pirates of the Caribbean, but in actuality, a gold Brasher doubloon from 1787 sold at auction in New Orleans just this year.

Rare coins have been known to sell for high prices, but a gold coin of this caliber sold for $7.4 million, making it one of the highest
prices any coin has ever fetched. The gold coin left the hands of Blanchard and
Co., in New Orleans, who sold the doubloon to a Wall Street investment firm.

Historical Gold Coins

What’s most important about the value of the coin is its
rich history. The Brasher doubloon has long been a historical mystery. Named
after Ephraim Brasher who was a goldsmith, silversmith, and jeweler, there is little known about
the making of the coin. Brasher minted the coin as one of the first pure gold
coins in circulation, but there is little to no documentation to explain how
the coin emerged. What is known of Ephraim Brasher is little, but what is known
of the doubloon that bears his mark, EB, is even less.

The word “doubloon” often refers to Spanish coins, yet this
gold coin was minted in the United States. In fact, the Brasher doubloon is
fated as the first American-made gold coin. It had a dollar amount and was
intended for use. However, when measured against the fact that the original
mint in Philadelphia didn’t start making coins until 1790, the $7.4 million
sounds like a drop in the hat to the inestimable price of history.

Today’s Gold Value

The mystique behind the coin is enough to give it great
value, not to mention its numismatic value. The significant amount of gold in
which it was forged – 26.66 grams, or about one ounce – certainly adds to the
monetary value of the coin.

Upon minting the coin, the gold value for use was $15, but
by today’s standards the coin would value at more than $15,000. That’s a big
jump in price, which tells you something about the value of gold today.

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Gold Selling has Never been Easier

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Gold selling has never been easier thanks to the high price the precious metal is selling for on commodities exchanges and elsewhere. Buyers are willing to pay top prices even for scrap gold, broken jewelry and damaged gold. They will even pay cash for items that are partially made of gold such as old watch cases.

 

It truly is a seller’s market for gold but it may not last because the bubble could burst at any moment and high prices could come down. That means it is a good idea to sell gold Roslyn Heights, NY, right now before the price falls. In a few months buyers could offering half or less what they are paying right now.

 

So what are they buying anyway?

 

Any jewelry that is made of gold no matter what number of karats is involved. They will pay less for items with fewer karats because they have less gold in them. They will also pay for items that are partially made of gold.

 

  • Scrap gold including that used in jewelry making, partially melted gold and pieces of old jewelry. Anybody who has worked in the jewelry industry or who has had a family member that did should look around the house for this.

 

  • Gold coins including old US coins, foreign coins and collector’s coins. These may not be made of gold but it is always a good idea to take them to a buyer and let him make the determination. It won’t cost you a thing and it could be worth money.

 

  • Gold bars and bullion including those used in jewelry making.

 

  • Medallions and medals made from gold including awards. These may or may not be real so bring them in and let a professional tell you if they’re worth money.

 

  • Watch cases and other gold-plated items these could be low-karat gold. It won’t fetch the same price as 24 karat items but you could make a few extra bucks from it.

 

  • Chains so it’s a good time to get rid of all that tacky gold jewelry a lot of guys bought back in the 1970s and 80s.

 

Where to Sell Your Gold

Even though many businesses are buying gold these days it is always a good idea to deal with professionals that have made it their family business for generations. The professional buyers will give you a higher price for items and they will be more likely to tell you what something really is and what it is really worth.

 

They may also give you more money for individual pieces which could be worth more as antiques or jewelry. The fast cash shops won’t do that they simply buy by the pound for the smelter.

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How to Get Money for Gold and Other Precious Metals

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

We all know that gold and other precious metals can be worth money but many of us do not know how to get the best price for those items. Indeed, so-called gold buyers are counting on it. Many national chains, pawnshops and other buyers hope that you will settle for whatever they are offering.

 

You do not have to settle for the low-ball price when you sell gold. Instead you can get a really good price if you are willing to shop around and exercise some common sense.

 

What You Need to Know about Selling Gold

First you should realize that you probably will not get the full price for gold you see listed in the newspapers. The reason for this is that most of the gold you have is lower karat gold, which contains less of the precious metal. Most jewelry gold is between 12 and 18 karats. The less karats gold has the less it is worth because there is less of the metal there to begin with.

 

Second you need realize that it is a seller’s market for gold and other precious metals. Prices are high and buyers want your business and they’re competing for it. So go to two or three different places before you sell. Also be willing to walk out many buyers will offer you more if they see you are not willing to settle for the low price.

 

Third find a professional gold buyer because such a business will give you more Money for Gold. These businesses are around most big cities and they do business online to. They will actually pay the shipping costs on items if you don’t live near them. If you live around a city like New York you can actually have a buyer come to your house or safe deposit box and examine your valuables there.

 

Fourth know what they buy. The items that they want include:

 

  • Scrap gold
  • Gold bars
  • Gold chains
  • Damaged gold
  • Gold nuggets
  • Gold medallions and medals
  • Platinum
  • Silver
  • Palladium
  • Rings
  • Old watches
  • Old watch cases
  • Broken jewelry
  • Pendants
  • Tennis and other bracelets
  • Engagement rings
  • Gold coins

 

Fifth you never know what could be made of gold so don’t feel embarrassed to take in any sort of old jewelry or other objects you find laying around the house. The buyers will be happy to look at it and give you money for it if it is made of a precious metal. If it isn’t going to the buyer or calling her out to your house will cost you nothing. So don’t be afraid to take the risk.

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How to Find a Reputable Gold Buyer

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

The terrible economy and the high price of gold have many people wondering if it is time to sell their precious metals or jewelry. Unfortunately many of us have heard horror stories about unscrupulous buyers and cash for gold scams.

 

Fortunately locating reputable gold buyers is far easier than you probably think. There are many established, family-owned companies with great reputations that buy all manner of valuables. Some of these organizations have been operating in the New York area for generations and they will give you the best price.

 

A person who does business with an established family owned gold buyer should get a good price and have a great experience. There is no reason to send your valuables halfway across the country or do business with a bunch of out of towners that set up shop in some motel room. Instead you can work with an established local business that is part of your community.

 

There are several locally owned gold-buying chains that have locations throughout Long Island and Queens including Roslyn Heights, NY. These New York based buyers can give you the best prices because they are right here in the center of the gold market. They do not have high overheads and their direct connections to the jewelry business make it easier for them to give you more cash.

 

More importantly these buyers are strictly regulated by the State of New York. They have to be more reputable and honest because they can answer to somebody else. Some of the online buyers and traveling buying groups are based in other states with less stringent rules in order to get around the law.

 

Finally many of the local family owned gold buyers will actually come to you if you don’t want to go them. You don’t have to take the risk of taking your valuables out of your home or your safety deposit box. The buyers will come to your home, your bank or your vault company so you don’t have to run the risk of being in the streets with valuables on you. Criminals know all about the high price of gold and they’re out there looking for people with it.

 

If you don’t feel safe carrying a lot of cash around, a buyer can pay you by check, Paypal or a direct deposit to your bank account. That way you can get the money and have it available to pay bills right away without putting yourself in danger.

 

Finding a reputable gold buyer is easier than you think. Therefore there’s no reason to keep unwanted gold, diamonds, silver, platinum, old watches, gold coins, jewelry or gemstones around. Turn them into cash and forget about the headaches.

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What You Should Know about the Price of Gold

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

There are several things that you should know about the price of gold before you sell your jewelry. The first and most important is that you will not get the price of gold you see listed in newspapers and online. This price is designed for people investing in gold on commodities exchanges not for folks selling jewelry and collectibles.

 

That price is for a troy ounce of 24 karat gold, in other words a troy ounce of pure gold. Most gold jewelry is not pure gold instead it is made of a composite of gold and other metals. The gold content in jewelry is measured by karats, the more karats the more gold in the jewelry. An 18 karat ring for example would only contain 75% gold, so it would be worth 25% less than a 24 karat ring.

 

This means you should know how many karats of gold your jewelry contains before you sell it. Unfortunately it is difficult for average people to figure this out. Fortunately a reputable gold buyer will assay your gold and tell you this if you send it to them.

 

That is why it is so important to send your gold to an honest gold buyer. They can give you a fair assessment and a good price. Some buyers will not do this they simply pay a flat rate usually half the exchange price for gold. They do this because they know they can get away with it.

 

It is also a good idea to compare the prices of gold at a number of different buyers. Different websites will give you different prices for the exact same gold. Some sites will actually pay several hundred dollars more an ounce for gold.

 

Another thing to realize is that the weight of your jewelry determines the value. Jewelry, especially old jewelry is often only valuable for its precious metal content. That means it is valued by weight because the buyer plans to melt it down or sell it to a smelter.

 

Finally there are other factors that can increase or decrease the price. Gemstones such as diamonds can add to the price and some jewelry is more valuable as an antique or a collectible. Fortunately a reputable buyer should be able to tell you this but you will only know it if you send them the gold.

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Gold to Hit $1150 per Ounce

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Because of the recent trends that are happening in the world, the price of gold recently went down to a level that wasn’t expected. The current selling price of gold after the news in Japan and in the Middle East hit the headlines reached $1395.70 from its previous price of $1400. There are speculations that the prices may even sink to $1,150 in the next few trades.

What is unusual is that normally when money sentiments are not looking good, people turn to gold as safe haven. However, what happened was people are accumulating dollars rather than gold. There are investors who say that people are looking for ways to increase their liquidity and are cashing in on their gold to gain new funds. The news about the disorder in the Middle East is also putting pressure on gold prices which lead to its decline.

So far, gold isn’t the only one  affected. Even the price of other precious metals  and oil are going down after the news on world events are hitting headlines. Japan is the third largest country in the world that consumes a lot of oil and when their buying ability is affected, it will create drastic movements in every market. Any worst development that will happen further will also pull down gold prices and it’s most likely that the price initially forecast at $1,150 won’t be very far.

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Uses of Gold in Medical Aspects

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Today, Gold is also used in medicating because it can be used as a drug to cure some medical conditions. Sometimes, Rheumatoid Arthritis can now heal through injecting a tender sodium aurothiomalate or aurothioglucose. Implanting tissues to function as a radiation source in treating a certain cancer, particles of a radioactive gold isotope is needed.

A condition which is known to be called Lagophthalmos is now treated by the used of small amount of gold. It is a condition wherein person having it, is not capable of closing their eyes completely. Through implanting small amount of Gold in the person eyelid can be the remedy of this condition. Because of the mass of the implanted gold in the person eyelid, its force of gravity helps so that the eyelid will be close wholly.

In diagnosing people disease, radioactive Gold is now being used. It is by injecting it in a colloidal solution that can be traced as a beta emitter as it passes throughout the whole body.

The device used nowadays like surgical instruments, life-support devices and electronic equipment is now being invented with the use of small amount of gold. This metal is highly trusted and nonreactive in electronic equipment and life support devices.

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Uses of Gold

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

None is more functional than Gold of all the minerals that can be found from the Earth. The usefulness of it is come from a diversity of special properties. This mineral is a good conductor of electricity. Here are some of the uses of gold that it can perform because of being a conductor of electricity: it does not blemish, can be drawn in wire, can be combine with other metals, has a brilliant afterglow and fabulous shape and it is very easy to work.

Aside from being more functional than the other metal, Gold also occupies a very important place in our mind because it is memorable. If we will remember, the native South Americans met the Spanish explorers when they first arrived from what they called “New World”. A vast ocean was the one who separated these two cultures, who have never been seen each other. These two cultures had a different language from each other and learned to live entirely in different ways. Thus far, they something in common-it is for them, Gold is very important because they held it in highest honor and use it to create some of their important things that time.

As times pass by, every established culture is using gold to signify influence, elegance, accomplishment and pureness. And today, we pursue the use of Gold through using it creating the most important thing for us like ecclesiastical art, medals, wedding rings, crucifixes and money.

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The World’s Oldest Gold

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

A large burial site located in Bulgaria known as the Varna Necropolis was accidently discovered by excavator Raycho Marinov in 1972.  Marinov recovered over 3000 golden objects from 294 graves.  The graves, dating back to 4200-4600 B.C.E., belonged to the Varna culture.  Symbolic graves that contained no skeleton were the richest in gold artifacts with most of the gold being 23.5 carats.  Gold items in symbolic graves also had the items placed where you’d expect them to be found on a skeleton, a gold bracelet in the area you would expect an arm to lie and gold earrings where the head would be.  The gold objects are of fine craftsmanship and indicate some level of technology by employing techniques such as hammering, piercing, and cutting.

The amount of gold objects found in a grave signifies social stratification and paved the way for the development of social classes.  The Varna Necropolis is important because it offers the oldest known burial evidence of an elite male.  Also, the Varna cultures sudden discontinuity has lead to much speculation including theories of climate change, war, and land exhaustion.

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Winter Olympic Gold

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Did you know medals were not awarded during ancient Olympic games? Instead winners were given olive wreaths.  The medal tradition began during the first modern Olympics in 1896 where first place winners received silver, second place received bronze, and third place winners left empty handed.  Throughout history the Olympic medals have been many shapes and sizes with today’s gold medals being silver covered with 6 grams of 24 karat-gold.  The Winter Olympic medals have no standard design and have even been made of glass.  This year’s Winter Olympic medals have a unique undulating shape said to reflect the Vancouver landscape.  Even more unique, the medals were crafted from melted circuit boards.  Canadian artists Corrine Hunt and Omer Abel designed the medals with each medal being laser etched and are all composed of materials from recycled electronics.  As of today the U.S. leads with most gold medals, 7, and total medals, 24.

If you have any gold items that you’d like to sell for cash contact us today!

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As a family-owned business that has been in the jewelry industry for over 75 years, we are committed to providing you with an enjoyable, worry-free, hassle-free experience. We are members of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee and are licensed and insured to trade gold. We offer free FedEx shipping, insure every package, and never charge any minimum weight or "refining fees." We open and weigh your jewelry under 24 hour video surveillance, and maintain state-of-the-art scales that are calibrated and certified by the state of New York to ensure you fair and accurate payments. Best of all, we guarantee the absolute highest payout for your gold with the only 110% Highest Prices Paid Guarantee in the industry

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