Storage choices
American Hartford Gold
AHG describes depository storage options and advises against home storage for a precious-metals IRA. Ask which custodian and depository your particular account would use.
Understand the companies, costs and decisions behind a precious-metals purchase. Explore source-linked company profiles and compare written offers before taking the next step.
What are the total costs? Who holds the account? How does selling back work? Our Augusta profile explains the documents to check.
View Full Review →AHG describes depository storage options and advises against home storage for a precious-metals IRA. Ask which custodian and depository your particular account would use.
Augusta’s FAQ says future repurchases are not guaranteed and its buyback policy can change. Its price-guarantee cancellation window should not be confused with a promise to buy back every holding.
Birch describes the separate role of an IRA custodian in transactions, reporting and paperwork. Confirm the actual custodian’s agreement and fee schedule rather than treating Birch’s dealer service as the custody contract.
Goldco explains that account statements come from the IRA custodian. A statement’s metal valuation is not a dealer’s binding offer to buy your holdings; request an executable bid when comparing exit costs.
Lear’s company page dates its business to 1997 and describes bullion purchases and precious-metals IRA services. That history does not establish current fees, service quality or the value of an individual offer.
Priority’s published policy distinguishes open-market sales, immediate liquidation and consignment. Immediate liquidation uses a wholesale bid; consignment has eligibility restrictions and a stated fee. This is not evidence of a universal zero-spread buyback.
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.
Read the six documentation-based profiles and the questions each raises.
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.