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American Gold Eagle (1 oz)
A one-ounce American Gold Eagle holds exactly 1.000 oz of gold (22-karat alloy, so it's heavier than a Buffalo). Melt is the floor: common BU coins usually sell a few percent over it.
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.
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
- Fractional sizes (1/10 oz especially) tend to carry a fatter premium over their melt value than the full ounce does.
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