Independent metal price education and researchHow prices and calculations work

Transparent calculation tools

Bring the price. See the formula.

These browser-based tools use the reference price you enter. Nothing is uploaded, and no result is presented as a guaranteed dealer payment or appraisal.

Value calculators

Calculate contained metal

Choose a tool based on the reference unit and material you are working with.

Copper value

Convert a manually entered per-pound reference into gross contained-copper value and a modeled recovery payout.

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Conversion tool

Precious-metal weight converter

Convert among grams, kilograms, troy ounces, ordinary ounces, pennyweights, grains and pounds. The tool keeps troy and avoirdupois ounces visibly separate.

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What a calculator can—and cannot—tell you

A contained-metal calculation is a defensible starting point when weight, purity and reference price are known. It cannot identify an item, authenticate a hallmark, measure actual assay, determine gemstones or collectible value, or promise what a particular buyer will pay.

Before selling an intact coin, antique, signed object or historically significant item, investigate its non-metal value before authorizing destructive testing or melting.