| This dental mouth-wear is generally made of 16 | | | | trade or sell your gold coins, take them to a coin |
| karat gold and can be resold as scrap gold, when | | | | dealer first for appraisal. This appraisal will ensure |
| you get tired of being, well fashionable. Some of | | | | that you know the true value of what you're |
| the newer gold dental apparatus contains platinum | | | | trying to sell. The coin dealers can also tell you |
| as a hardening agent. The platinum is valuable by | | | | whether the coins are more valuable as coins or |
| itself and can increase your sale. | | | | whether they should be melted down into gold |
| Another popular gold object to sell as scrap are | | | | bullion. Coin value is based on authenticity, |
| gold charm bracelets and charms, medallions and | | | | condition and rarity. Some experts suggest |
| religious medallions and artifacts with heavy gold | | | | getting a second or even third opinion before |
| content. Many times these items have been | | | | making the decision to sell your coins. |
| passed down through families. Take your time | | | | Gold dealers usually go by weight in determining |
| and shop around because these items can be | | | | value and a simple way to do this if you don't |
| hard to value and you will want to do business | | | | have a scale us to multiply the weight of the gold |
| with someone who can first determine the value | | | | by pennyweights. Do this by holding your jewelry |
| before you sell them to be melted. The rule of | | | | in one hand and have a friend drop pennies into |
| thumb is to know what you're selling before you | | | | your other hand until both hands seem to weigh |
| sell it. Reputable gold dealers can be found by | | | | the same amount. Then, count the pennies and |
| doing a search online with your favorite search | | | | multiply by 1.5. This is called pennyweight and will |
| engine. Simply do a search using phrases like, "sell | | | | give you a rough idea of what you're selling. When |
| or trade gold fillings," or "16k gold crowns for sale." | | | | you're ready to sell, go online and plug in the |
| Many people inherit coin collections from ancestors | | | | phrase "gold for sale," and start shopping around. |
| and some of these old coin collections contain gold | | | | Many dealers make it easy for you by sending |
| coins. Gold coins minted before 1933 are more | | | | you a prepaid envelop where all you have to do is |
| valuable than other gold coins minted post 1933. If | | | | drop in your coins, or jewelry or fillings and send it |
| you need some extra cash and you want to | | | | back to the dealer. |