Ordering Information
Please check out our Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium and Southern Hero Silver Proof Coins Products Pages for approximate spot pricing. To obtain a firm current quote, please contact us. All orders are confidential. If what you are interested in buying is not listed, contact us and let us know, and we will do our best to locate it for you, and give you a fair quote.
Pricing & Shipping Information
The pricing of items depends on the current spot market ask price. On each product's page, we have provided the spot prices, look for the one that has the bid/ask spot prices. Please press "reload" or "refresh" on your computer's browser to update the pages to get up-to-date-prices and graphs. Here at Silver Trading Company, we do not try to make a killing, just a living! All sales are marked up only 1.5%, except for overseas orders, which are marked up 2.0%, above wholesale cost. You will have a hard time finding any dealer who beats our quotes. Orders are shipped via insured U.S. Mail or UPS.
We include FREE Shipping and Insurance on all domestic purchases of 200 ounces or more of silver and of 10 ounces or more of gold, platinum and palladium. Our wholesale costs vary with the amount purchased. The minimum purchase amount is $1,000. No sales tax is charged on purchases over $1,000. We ship worldwide to most countries.
Investment Information
Demand and prices for precious metals has risen steadily in recent years as investors have increasingly turned to tangible commodities like gold, silver, platinum, and palladium to shore up and diversify their portfolios and/or their Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA). At Silver Trading Company, we believe and emphasize that success in bullion investing comes from having access to relevant and reliable information. In order to help you get up to speed and remain informed about the advantages and risks associated with investing in precious metals, we have provided you, our customer, information and educational material.
We hope that our site will provide you with most everything that you need to become an informed and confident investor. Be sure and check out our Questions Section, which covers frequently asked questions about bullion investing, our policies on pricing and shipping, recommended reading list, favorite website links, a weight equivalents table, and a glossary of investment terms.
Customers are always asking about investment tips. We have a Services Page, in which we offer fee-based copies of our portfolio, fee-based speaking engagements, and other services.
In addition, check out our IRA Section on investing precious metal bullion in your Individual Retirement Account. In this section, we include frequently asked questions and answers, where to obtain further information, and articles on investing precious metals in your IRA.
Other very important and informative investment information can be found on our Charts Page, including new graphs of the following: a stock ticker tape with silver and gold stocks; a snapshot of the financial markets; World Times Chart; Monthly, Weekly and Daily OHLC Price Charts for Gold, Silver, Platinum & Palladium; Gold to Silver Ratio - Weekly & Daily OHLC; up to the minute bid/ask spot prices and 24-Hour Spot Price Charts for Gold, Silver, Platinum & Palladium; charts of different foreign currencies compared to the U.S. Dollar; a Currency Calculator; a graph of the Federal Reserve's Long-term Lending to Banks from 1910 to present day (this is a must see graph that will put a shiver down your spine, as it did me!); a link to the Consumer Price Index or Calculator; historical charts of the Decline of the U.S. Dollar's Purchasing Power in the 20th Century; DJIA to Gold Price Ratio, on year close from 1920 and 200 Years: DOW to Gold Ratio.
All of these charts are very interesting and educational. Be sure and check them out. Please press "reload" or "refresh" on your computer's browser to update the pages and graphs.
Be sure and read Larry LaBorde's articles included in The History of Money, Then & Now, Precious metals and the Economy, and Lagniappe, which means "A Little Something Extra!"
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