Bullion Dealer Reviews
Below lists a selection of online bullion dealers as well as a detailed review of each company based on criteria including pricing, selection, shipping cost and time, as well as overall service. Below the detailed review from Silver Monthly, we’ve included real customer interviews. The box score lists the overall score from both Silver Monthly as well as the average overall score from real customers.
If you’ve had either a positive or negative experience with any of these listed please consider leaving a personal review. Not only will you help Silver Monthly with ranking bullion dealers, but you will also help new buyers find the best dealer for his or her personal needs. Each category has a star rating for
- Pricing: Was the price bought near the spot price of silver?
- Selection: Did you find the coins and bars you needed most?
- Shipping: Was not only the cost of shipping but the shipping time appropriate?
- Service: Did the company go above and beyond to help during the entire process?
Based on the star rating from each category, Silver Monthly will average all with equal weights to show an average score from customer reviews. This score is on a five points scale, with 5 stars being the top of the range and will highlight the best silver and gold bullion dealer.
Finally, as you read through both the Silver Monthly reviews as well as the customer reviews for each bullion dealer, narrowing down your final decision to two different dealers can be helped with our Bullion Dealer Comparison articles. Having both dealers go head to head against each other for your business will make the final decision much easier.
Bullion Exchanges is a New York City bullion dealer. They offer a wide range of gold, silver, platinum and palladium products including American Eagles, Gold Krugerrands, Canadian bullion, as well as coins and bars from other mints around the world. In addition to gold and silver bullion, this dealer also sells a variety of numismatic gold …
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Originally started off in Canada, SilverGoldBull has expanded and now has a Las Vegas presence. Not only does SilverGoldBull have a wide selection of products, but they buy direct from the mint, including the Royal Canadian Mint. Pricing per coin decreases with volume. Pricing tiers are four different pricing depending on the number of coins …
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Scottsdale Mint sells, on top of the regular investment grade gold coins and silver coins, their own manufactured rounds, coins and bullion bars for investors. They are also a ‘green’ mint using recycled silver from old photography and manufacturing. Check out their ‘Tombstone nuggets’ as well as their ‘King Stacker’ silver bars. Located in Scottsdale, …
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Gainsville Coins remains a large online bullion dealer as well as a large local bullion dealer for those in the Gainsville Florida area. While the selection and prices are outstanding, most customers complain of slower shipping times than other dealers. In some cases, people have experienced shipping delays for more than 5-6 days before an …
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Starting off, you should know GovMint.com is not in any way associated with the U.S. Government Mint. Period. GovMint.com is a private business catering to bullion buyers. While the selection of silver coins or gold coins remains attractive, the pricing does not. Overall, GovMint maintains higher pricing than some of it’s other competitors. Free shipping …
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Modern Coin Mart was started in 2004 and at the time helped create the market for online bullion dealers. The company is actually an offshoot of its parent company, John Maben Rare Coins (JMRC), a company that employs 35 employees. While Modern Coin Mart used to be the pioneer in the early days of online bullion …
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Prior to forming GoldenEagleCoins.com , Bob Mangels Sr. owned 5 coin-operated laundromats and had his family sort the coins before depositing them at the bank (even in the late 1960’s, silver coins were worth more than their “regular” counterparts). By the early 1970’s Bob Sr. partnered with his nephew Richard Stelfox and began trekking across …
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SD Bullion (aka Silver Doctors) is an online dealer of precious metals which was founded in 2012 by the Silver Doctors network (SilverDoctors.com). Their website offers a wide range of gold, silver & platinum bullion that includes various types of coins and bars. The parent company SilverDoctors.com was founded a year earlier in 2011 as …
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Kitco is a large international bullion dealer founded int 1977, as a source of gold news, gold prices, and expert commentary on the gold market, as well as a secure source to buy gold bars, buy silver coins, and other precious metals in several formats. Gold and silver investors know the value of Kitco’s live charts …
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But before we dive into the Provident Metals review, let’s turn to an actual customer. As they posted on a popular gold and silver forum, one customer explained, “I am impressed with Provident’s service. My orders have been packed well and shipped in a reasonable time frame. I had to have some special shipping on …
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