Explore ten companies, compare the full cost and find the right questions to ask before choosing a precious-metals provider.
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Education and account setup
Augusta offers education-led support for gold and silver IRAs, with a $50,000 initial purchase minimum. Explore the account process, published fees and questions to ask before you decide.
Storage and custody
American Hartford Gold describes depository storage and advises against home storage for a precious-metals IRA. Ask which custodian and storage arrangement your account would use.
Statement values
Goldco explains that an IRA custodian provides the account statement. Its metal valuation can differ from the purchase invoice and a dealer’s current buyback price.
Silver and IRA storage offers
Direct purchases from $10,000; IRAs from $25,000. Confirm eligibility and complete written terms with GoldenCrest.
Purchase and sale prices
Lear’s company page dates its business to 1997. It also states that its buyback prices are below its selling prices, so the difference matters when comparing a purchase.
Five additional brands, with direct links to their own information.
Publishes gold IRA guides covering self-directed accounts, custodians and physical precious metals.
A precious-metals dealer with information on gold, silver, platinum and palladium IRAs.
Offers self-directed gold IRAs and direct purchases of physical metals. Its website publishes account and storage charges; request the complete terms for your purchase.
Provides information on precious-metals IRAs, custody and depository choices.
Offers bullion and information on precious-metals IRAs. Compare current quotes and storage terms.
A headline fee tells only part of the story. Match the product and quantity, then compare acquisition premiums, account fees, storage and the cost of selling.
Our editorial approach →01 · Dealer, custodian and depository
02 · Written acquisition quote
03 · Recurring account and storage fees
04 · Buyback conditions and exit costs
05 · Evidence behind every claim
Open the cost worksheet →Self-directed retirement accounts backed by physical bullion. Custody, depository, rollover procedure, RMD strategy.
American Eagles, Canadian Maples, Krugerrands, Britannias. Sovereign-minted coins for liquid, divisible holdings.
PAMP, Valcambi, Perth Mint. LBMA-accredited refiners and the spread between one-ounce and kilogram investment bars.
BullionVault, Perth Mint Certificate Programme, Zürich free-port storage. Non-IRA custody at institutional scale.
Compare grams, kilograms and pounds without confusing troy and ordinary ounces.
Use weight, purity and your reference price to estimate metal value before costs.
Understand nominal size, fine-gold content and the documents behind a wholesale quote.
Explore ten brands, including five featured partners and five additional companies.
Explore the company directory →Use the same assumptions to compare the costs in two written quotes.
Open the cost worksheet →Read our review approach and use the cost worksheet while gathering written offers.