Resources

Trusted Resources for Precious Metals

We provide helpful information to make buying, selling, and understanding gold, silver, and precious metals easier and more informed.

From understanding purity and weight to learning about market value, authentication, storage, and long-term care, our resources are designed to give you practical knowledge and greater confidence when making decisions about precious metals.

Explore our guides, insights, and educational resources to better understand the market and make informed choices.

Helpful Resources Coin Identification, Grading & Collecting

American Numismatic Association (ANA)

A nonprofit educational organization dedicated to coin collecting and numismatics, offering information about coin identification, grading, authentication, preservation,and collecting.
https://www.money.org/

American Numismatic Society (ANS)

One of the world’s leading organizations devoted to the study of coins, currency, medals, tokens, and other numismatic objects, with extensive collections and free digital research resources.
https://numismatics.org/

ANS Online Collection

Search hundreds of thousands of coins, currency, tokens, medals, and other numismatic objects from the American Numismatic Society’s collection. https://numismatics.org/search/

Numismatic Research & History

Newman Numismatic Portal

A free nonprofit research resource containing books, periodicals, auction catalogs, photographs, documents, and other materials relating to U.S. coins and currency. https://nnp.wustl.edu/

Smithsonian National Numismatic Collection

Historical and educational information from the Smithsonian’s extensive collection of coins, currency, medals, tokens, and other monetary objects. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/subject-groups/national-numismatic-collection

American Numismatic Society Collections

Access to one of the world’s most significant research collections of ancient, medieval, modern, U.S., and world coins and monetary objects.
https://numismatics.org/collections/

Paper Currency Resources

U.S. Currency Education Program

Official educational resource for U.S. paper currency, including denominations, security features, currency design, and information about authenticating U.S. money. https://www.uscurrency.gov/

Society of Paper Money Collectors (SPMC)

A nonprofit organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of paper money and financial history, offering educational resources, research, publications, and information for collectors. https://www.spmc.org/

SPMC Educational Resources

An extensive educational resource covering U.S. paper money, including information on National Bank Notes and other areas of currency collecting. https://content.spmc.org/wiki/Main_Page

Medals, Tokens & Exonumia

Medal Collectors of America (MCA)

An educational organization dedicated to the study and collection of U.S. and world historical and artistic medals, with collector guides, research, articles, and educational resources. https://www.medalcollectors.org/

Medal Collectors of America – Collector Guides

Reference information and guides covering historical medals, medal series, collecting, identification, and research. https://www.medalcollectors.org/discover/guides

Precious Metals & Market Information

London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)

An internationally recognized source for precious-metals market standards, benchmark pricing, and information concerning the global gold and silver markets. https://www.lbma.org.uk/

LBMA Precious Metal Prices

Benchmark pricing information for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. https://www.lbma.org.uk/prices-and-data/precious-metal-prices

World Gold Council

Research, education, statistics, and market information concerning gold, including global supply, demand, investment, and central-bank activity. https://www.gold.org/

The Silver Institute

Research and information regarding global silver supply, demand, industrial uses, investment demand, and the worldwide silver market.
https://silverinstitute.org/