Physical Gold Guides: Buying, Costs, Storage and Selling

Before you buy

The process in order: product, storage, written quotes, tax questions, dealer checks, payment and records.

Premium, tax where it applies, fees, storage and the resale spread — with a worked example.

Fineness, premium per gram, liquidity and partial sales.

Home, bank box or professional vault: ownership, insurance, audits, access and cost.

Specific bars in your name, or a claim on the custodian? Questions that reveal which.

How buyback prices are set, what you receive, and the documents that make a sale easier.

Purchase cost, storage, sale spread and total over your holding period — every input editable.

Spot, premium, spread, allocated, assay, Good Delivery and more, in plain words.

Tax, payment and record-keeping rules differ by country. These pages apply only to the country named in their title.

Buying physical gold in Israel: Israeli VAT, dealer checks, payment limits and records. Also available in Hebrew.

Work out the total costEnter the premium, any tax, storage and sale spread from the quote you received.
Get at least two written quotesSame product, same currency, same moment — and compare the price per fine gram.
Check the provider and the storageRegistration, allocated ownership, insurance terms and a recent audit report.