🇨🇭PAMP Suisse
Approx. price (10 g)1,360-1,396 USD
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Popular international brands. Prices are estimates and vary by dealer.
🇨🇭Valcambi
Approx. price (10 g)1,355-1,388 USD
Official site🇨🇭Argor-Heraeus
Approx. price (10 g)1,353-1,384 USD
Official site🇨🇭Metalor
Approx. price (10 g)1,353-1,384 USD
Official site🇦🇺The Perth Mint
Approx. price (10 g)1,355-1,388 USD
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Prices by weight
| Weight | Raw gold value (USD) | Approx. price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 g | 130.92 | 141.39-150.56 |
| 5 g | 654.61 | 687.34-713.52 |
| 10 g | 1,309 | 1,355-1,388 |
| 20 g | 2,618 | 2,697-2,749 |
| 1 Troy oz | 4,072 | 4,174-4,235 |
| 50 g | 6,546 | 6,677-6,775 |
| 100 g | 13,092 | 13,288-13,485 |
| 250 g | 32,730 | 33,123-33,385 |
| 500 g | 65,461 | 66,115-66,508 |
| 1 Kilo | 130,921 | 131,838-132,492 |
Approx. price = raw gold value + the usual dealer premium for that weight in your country.
Bars, coins and jewellery: what is the difference?
A bar is pure gold (999.9 fine) stamped with its weight, purity, serial number and refiner, made for saving; its small making cost is called the premium and it shrinks as the bar gets heavier. Bullion coins such as the Krugerrand, the American Eagle, the Britannia or the Maple Leaf are legal-tender coins of one troy ounce (or fractions), 22K or 24K, with a premium a little above that of a bar of the same weight and a wider resale market. Jewellery is 22K, 21K, 18K or 14K gold made to be worn, with a making charge and hallmarking fee you do not recover when you sell. For saving, bars or coins; for wearing and saving at once, heavy pieces with a simple design.
What LBMA accreditation means
The LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) sets the "Good Delivery" standard for the gold and silver bars traded between banks and the world's major refiners. A refiner on its Good Delivery list (the big Swiss houses among them) is checked regularly for purity, weight and sourcing, so its bars are accepted in any market in the world without further testing and sell at a smaller discount when you resell. The Gulf has a parallel standard, "Dubai Good Delivery", run by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre. A bar from a local refiner that is not on either list can be perfectly sound, but its resale market is narrower.
How to check a bar before you pay
- The pack: small bars are sold in a sealed assay card that is never opened; an opened or resealed pack is a warning sign.
- The serial number: the number engraved on the bar must match the number printed on the certificate.
- The weight: ask for it to be weighed on a precise scale in front of you; a 10 g bar weighs 10.00 g, not 9.8.
- The stamp: refiner's name, fineness (999.9) and weight clearly struck, edges regular.
- The test: many dealers have an XRF analyser that reads purity without scratching; ask for it when in doubt, especially for heavy bars.
- The invoice: in the dealer's name, with weight, serial number and price; it is what protects you when you sell.
The premium: how much you pay over the raw price
Bar price = raw gold value + a premium that covers refining, minting, packaging and the dealer's margin. The premium is a share of the raw value that falls with size: roughly 8–15% on a one-gram bar, 3–6% on ten grams, 1–2.5% on an ounce or 50 grams, under 1.5% on a kilo. The prices in the table above are estimates from the live ounce price and the usual premium for each size in your market; the actual price is set by the dealer and differs between brands. Tax matters too: investment gold of 99.5% purity or more is VAT-exempt in the United Kingdom, zero-rated in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and free of sales tax in many US states, while jewellery is taxed.
Storage and resale
Keep the bar in its original pack with the certificate and the invoice; an opened pack or a scratched bar sells at a larger discount. When you sell, the dealer or jeweller buys at the raw value less a small deduction (1–3% for known brands), so the gap between the buying and selling price on the same day is the premium plus that deduction. That is why bars suit someone saving for a period, not someone selling after a few weeks. Always compare the offered selling price with the live raw price on this page before you sell.
Frequently asked questions
Which bar size is best for saving?
Larger bars carry the lowest premium, but small ones (5 and 10 grams) are easier to sell in parts. Many people combine the two: one large bar as the base and several small ones for liquidity.
Bar or coin?
Coins from government mints are recognised everywhere and some are free of capital gains tax in their home country (UK Sovereigns and Britannias, for instance); bars of the same weight usually carry a slightly lower premium. For large amounts the bar is cheaper; for flexibility the coin.
Are local-brand bars worth less?
Not in gold content if the purity matches, but they may sell at a larger discount outside their own country or with a dealer who does not know the brand. Internationally accredited bars are the easiest to sell anywhere.
Read also
- The gold pound and the Sovereign: weight, karat, price, and when a coin beats a barThe Egyptian gold pound is 8 grams of 21K, the British Sovereign 7.98 grams of 22K; both are priced by their fine-gold content plus a small premium. We explain how they differ, how they are priced and sold, how they compare with the Krugerrand, the Eagle and the Britannia, and when a coin is the better choice over a bar.
- Bars versus jewellery versus gold ETFs: the real cost of each way to own goldThree ways to own gold, each with a different cost of getting in and out: the premium on a bar, the making charge and scrap deduction on jewellery, the annual fee of a fund. We compute the real cost of each with today's figures and say who each route suits.
- How to tell real gold: hallmarks, tests and certificatesFrom reading a hallmark to the magnet, ceramic, density, acid and XRF tests, from checking a bar's sealed pack and certificate to spotting plated jewellery and filled bars. A practical guide for the shop counter and for anyone buying bullion, in person or online.
- How the gold price per gram is calculated from the ounce price, with examples for every karatGold is priced worldwide in dollars per troy ounce, and every gram price in every currency is derived from it by one formula. We walk through it step by step with today's figures for 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K, and explain why a shop's price differs from the result.
- 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K, 14K and 9K explained: purity, uses and which karat to buyA karat is the share of pure gold in a piece out of 24 parts. We explain what each karat means, why countries favour different karats, how purity drives price, hardness, colour and resale value, and which karat suits saving and which suits wearing.
- Making charges and hallmarks: how they are calculated and how to negotiate themThe making charge is the only negotiable part of a gold price. We explain what it covers, how it is quoted per gram or as a percentage in different markets, what a hallmark is and who strikes it, and how to work out the real making charge in any offer in a minute and negotiate it with numbers.