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Melt value, today
American Gold Buffalo (1 oz)
$4,348
1.0 oz gold × $4,347.50/oz gold spot
SPOT $4,347.50/oz gold · 2026-09-21
A one-ounce American Gold Buffalo is .9999 fine: pure 24-karat gold, same melt as a Gold Eagle.
2007 $50 Gold Buffalo
We listed this one at ~$5,400
2007-P, PCGS MS69, graded MS69 — priced from the coin itself, not a price guide.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
Melt
$4,348
2026-09-21
Common-date retail
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A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- Common BU coins trade a few percent over melt. 2006, the first year of issue, and proof strikes carry the real collector premium: not a melt story.
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Related series
American Gold Eagle (1 oz)Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ($20 Gold)Liberty Double Eagle ($20 Gold)Indian Head Gold Eagle ($10 Gold)
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