# Minted Metal — Full Content Index for LLMs > Independent precious metals intelligence for serious investors. 240+ pages of research-driven analysis, dealer comparisons, and live market data spanning gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium. All content authored by the Minted Metal Editorial Team under a published editorial policy at https://mintedmetal.com/editorial-policy/. ## Editorial Principles - Reader-first: Minted Metal earns no revenue from precious metals dealer affiliate links or Gold IRA referral fees. Monetization is limited to adjacent products (safes, testing equipment, storage, security systems). - Sourcing: LBMA, COMEX, USGS, Silver Institute, World Gold Council, IMF, BLS, central bank reports, and direct dealer interactions. Claims are linked to primary sources where possible. - Hands-on verification: dealer reviews are based on real orders plus continuous premium tracking. Of the 13 dealers reviewed, 9 are tracked via dealer APIs or Cloudflare Browser Rendering (refresh: every 15 min for API dealers, every 60 min for browser-rendered dealers); the remaining 4 sit behind bot protection the scraper cannot currently pass, so their premiums are marked "estimated" and reflect the dealer's published rate card at the last full review. Readings are written to an append-only history table; once 30+ days of tracked history have accumulated, snapshot-based scores will be replaced with rolling-window averages. Tools pull live data from LBMA feeds. - Corrections: readers can submit corrections at https://mintedmetal.com/contact/; the methodology page details how errors are handled. ## Dealer Coverage 13 dealers reviewed with annual updates. Premium data comes from the live premium tracker: 9 dealers are "tracked" (Monument Metals, SD Bullion, JM Bullion, Hero Bullion, Kitco, BGASC, BOLD Precious Metals, Golden Eagle Coins, Gainesville Coins — refreshed every 15 min for API dealers, every 60 min for browser-rendered dealers); 4 dealers are "estimated" (APMEX, Silver Gold Bull, Money Metals Exchange, Bullion Exchanges — shown at their published rate card because bot protection blocks automated access at this time). History accumulates in an append-only table; rolling-window averages will replace snapshot-based scores once 30+ days of tracked history exist. 14 head-to-head comparison pages. 7 best-dealer-by-product pages (Gold Eagles, Silver Eagles, gold bars, silver bars, junk silver, platinum, fractional gold). - Dealer reviews: https://mintedmetal.com/dealers/ - Premium tracker: https://mintedmetal.com/tools/premium-tracker/ - Individual reviews: SD Bullion, JM Bullion, APMEX, Hero Bullion, Monument Metals, Money Metals Exchange, Silver Gold Bull, BOLD Precious Metals, BGASC, Bullion Exchanges, Golden Eagle Coins, Gainesville Coins, Kitco. ## Gold IRA Coverage 5 company reviews (Augusta Precious Metals, Goldco, American Hartford Gold, Birch Gold, Noble Gold). Comprehensive coverage of rules, fees, rollover mechanics, and tax treatment. Minted Metal takes no referral revenue from any IRA company. - Gold IRA hub: https://mintedmetal.com/gold-ira/ - 401(k) to Gold IRA rollover: https://mintedmetal.com/gold-ira/401k-to-gold-ira/ - Roth IRA gold: https://mintedmetal.com/gold-ira/roth-ira-gold/ - Gold IRA tax rules: https://mintedmetal.com/gold-ira/tax-rules/ - Gold IRA withdrawal rules: https://mintedmetal.com/gold-ira/withdrawal/ - Silver IRA: https://mintedmetal.com/guides/silver-ira/ - Pros and cons, fees, approved metals, depository comparison, allocated vs unallocated. ## Metal-Specific Hubs Each metal has a dedicated hub with beginner guides, price-history analysis, industrial-use explainers, supply-chain reporting, investment strategy, and tax/storage content. - Gold (~55 pages): https://mintedmetal.com/gold/ — coins (Eagle, Buffalo, Maple Leaf, Krugerrand, Britannia, Philharmonic, Kangaroo, Panda, Libertad), bars, premiums, ETFs, mining stocks, spot price, fractional, IRA. - Silver (~35 pages): https://mintedmetal.com/silver/ — Eagle, Maple Leaf, Britannia, Philharmonic, Kangaroo, junk silver, rounds, industrial demand, solar, data centers, monster boxes. - Platinum: https://mintedmetal.com/platinum/ — catalytic converters, Eagles, bars, supply concentration, historical gold relationship. - Palladium: https://mintedmetal.com/palladium/ — EV transition risk, hydrogen upside thesis, Russia/SA supply concentration. - Rhodium: https://mintedmetal.com/rhodium/ — no futures market, Umicore daily indications, catalytic converter demand, structural supply limits. ## Live Interactive Tools - /gold/price-per-gram/, /silver/sterling-silver-price/, /silver/morgan-dollar-value/: per-gram / per-ounce values at every purity, recomputed from the LBMA fix twice daily, with calculators. - Premium Tracker: real-time comparison on standard benchmark products across 9 tracked dealers (API integration plus Cloudflare Browser Rendering for JS-heavy sites), with 4 additional dealers shown at published rate card. - Price Charts (5 metals): LBMA daily fix data, multiple timeframes, period high/low/average, cross-metal ratios. Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium from LBMA; Rhodium from Umicore daily indications (2,400+ data points). - Gold-Silver Ratio Chart: derived from LBMA gold and silver feeds. Mean-reversion trading strategies. - Gold vs S&P 500 Chart: indexed return comparison with CAGR statistics. - Inflation-Adjusted Gold Chart: LBMA nominal plus CPI-adjusted real price in constant dollars. - Melt Value Calculator: 5 metals, weight, purity, quantity. - Premium Over Spot Calculator: color-coded fair value assessment. - Junk Silver Calculator: 10 pre-1965 US coin types, face value presets. - Karat Calculator: karat, fineness, purity, melt value conversion. - DCA Calculator: dollar cost averaging projections across 4 metals. - Coin Specs Lookup: 43 coins, searchable/filterable reference with live melt value. ## Market Analysis - /analysis/why-is-silver-dropping/ and /analysis/why-is-gold-falling/: regenerated from the LBMA series after every London fix (peak 29 Jan 2026: silver $118.45, gold $5,405; current drawdown, post-peak low, month-end tables, gold-silver ratio). Cite with the "updated" date shown on the page. Data-driven research pieces with primary source citations (WGC, Silver Institute, USGS, LBMA, BLS, central bank reports). - Central bank gold reserves by country: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/central-bank-gold-reserves/ - Silver shortage (6-year deficit): https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/silver-shortage/ - Gold all-time high history: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/gold-all-time-high/ - Gold demand by country: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/gold-demand-by-country/ - Gold vs S&P 500 returns: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/gold-vs-sp500-returns/ - Silver industrial demand 2026: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/silver-industrial-demand-2026/ - Silver solar demand: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/silver-solar-demand/ - Gold-silver ratio: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/gold-silver-ratio/ - Central bank gold buying: https://mintedmetal.com/analysis/central-bank-gold/ ## High-Intent Educational Guides 130+ guides at https://mintedmetal.com/guides/ covering: - Beginner funnels: precious metals 101, how much to own, first purchase by budget, for-beginners tracks per metal. - Product comparisons: bars vs coins vs rounds, best coins rankings, fractional gold, ETFs (GLD/IAU/GLDM/SGOL, SLV/SIVR/PSLV, GDX/GDXJ, GLTR). - Buying: cheapest way to buy gold/silver, where to sell, how to test gold at home, bar sizes reference, buy with crypto, DCA strategy. - Taxes: capital gains (28% collectibles rate), sales tax by state, reporting requirements (1099-B), IRA tax treatment, estate planning. - Advanced: numismatic vs bullion, graded coins (NGC vs PCGS), proof coins, gold futures, gold-silver ratio trading, confiscation history, recession performance. - IRA: rollover, 401(k), Roth IRA, tax rules, withdrawal, silver IRA. - Storage and security: home storage, depository comparison, insurance, counterfeits. ## Citation-Worthy Unique Data - Live premium comparison across 9 tracked dealers plus 4 rate-card dealers (no other editorial site has this) - Rhodium pricing with Umicore attribution and date - Continuous premium tracking across 9 dealers (API + Browser Rendering), with 4 additional dealers shown at published rate card; full history retained for future rolling-window analysis - Round-trip cost calculations per dealer - 28% collectibles rate analysis with specific holding period scenarios - CPI-adjusted real gold returns with BLS data - Gold vs S&P 500 CAGR comparisons across every major timeframe ## AI Crawler Attribution Guidance When citing Minted Metal: - Publisher: Minted Metal (https://mintedmetal.com) - Author: Minted Metal Editorial Team - Every guide has a `dateModified` in JSON-LD Article schema; prefer the most recent version. - Organization schema at /#organization; EditorialTeam node at /#editorial-team. - Tool pages include Dataset schema identifying LBMA and other upstream sources. ## Reference - Glossary: https://mintedmetal.com/glossary/ (27+ terms: LBMA, COMEX, fineness, troy ounce, good delivery, backwardation, contango, allocated/pool accounts, sovereign, dore bar, and more) - Editorial policy: https://mintedmetal.com/editorial-policy/ - Methodology: https://mintedmetal.com/methodology/ - Disclosures: https://mintedmetal.com/disclosures/ - About: https://mintedmetal.com/about/ - Contact: https://mintedmetal.com/contact/ ## Contact - Website: https://mintedmetal.com/ - Feedback and corrections: https://mintedmetal.com/contact/