Guides
Plain answers about gold, silver and hallmarks in Ireland. No sales pitch, just the facts you need before you sell anything.
Selling by item
What we pay today for the piece you have, how it is weighed and tested, and how to send it.
Sell gold sovereigns in Ireland
Full and half sovereigns priced on their fine gold content (7.32 g and 3.66 g), today's figure for each, mounted sovereigns, and how to send them.
Read the guideSell 9ct gold in Ireland
What a gram of 9ct pays today, what common 9ct pieces fetch by weight, the 375 mark, and how to sell by insured post.
Read the guideSell 18ct gold in Ireland
Today's net price per gram for 18ct (750), white, yellow and rose gold, Italian and continental pieces, and why it pays twice the 9ct rate.
Read the guideSell a gold chain in Ireland
Chains are paid by weight and carat: hollow versus solid, where the mark is, typical weights, and today's figures per gram.
Read the guideSell a Claddagh ring
A Claddagh ring is paid on its gold by carat and weight, with any stone assessed separately. Typical weights and today's figures.
Read the guideSell a watch in Ireland
Rolex, Omega, Cartier, Tag Heuer and similar are bought by quote and verified by an independent specialist before payment, about one working day. Gold and silver watches are paid on the metal.
Read the guideSell broken gold jewellery
Snapped chains, single earrings, bent bangles and clasps are paid by weight at the published rate. What to take off, what to send as it is.
Read the guideSell dental gold in Ireland
Crowns, bridges and inlays are bought by weight after XRF testing. Why the alloy varies, what to do about teeth and porcelain, and how to send it.
Read the guideSell gold coins in Ireland
Sovereigns, Krugerrands, Britannias and Maple Leafs: fine gold content, what we pay today, and when a coin is worth more to a collector.
Read the guideSell silver cutlery in Ireland
Sterling versus EPNS, why knives pay half, weighted handles, how to weigh a canteen, and today's price per gram for sterling and continental silver.
Read the guideSell silver in Ireland
Sterling or plate, continental numbers, why knives pay less, typical weights and when antique Irish silver should not be melted.
Read the guideSell gold by post in Ireland
The free insured pack from request to payment: An Post timing, the 2,000 euro cover, what can go in it, packing, the offer and the free return.
Read the guidePrices and checks
Today's figures per gram, what your gold is worth by item, and how to tell what you have before you post it.
Gold price per gram in Ireland today
Live net prices for 9ct, 14ct, 18ct, 22ct and 24ct, and how each figure is worked out from the spot price.
Read the guideSilver price per gram in Ireland today
Live net prices for sterling, fine and continental silver, spot versus what a buyer pays, and why 925 matters.
Read the guideHow much is my gold worth?
The calculator, and today's figure for the pieces people actually have: wedding bands, signet rings, chains, bracelets, a bangle and a sovereign, from typical weights.
Read the guideHow to tell if gold is real
The magnet, the hallmark, wear marks and the acid test, what each one can and cannot tell you, and why XRF settles it.
Read the guideIrish gold hallmarks explained
The Dublin Assay Office marks, Hibernia and the harp, the fineness numbers 375 to 999, UK and other marks, and what to do when there is no mark.
Read the guideSelling gold by city
The same published price everywhere in Ireland; these pages cover posting from each city and the timing.
Sell gold in Dublin
By insured post from any An Post office in Dublin, or in person by appointment for larger lots: today's 9ct, 18ct and 22ct prices per gram and the Dublin questions answered.
Read the guideSell gold in Cork
Post from any An Post office in Cork city or county with the free insured pack; today's prices per gram and the timing from Cork to Dublin.
Read the guideSell gold in Galway
Claddagh rings and everyday 9ct from Galway, posted insured from any An Post office; today's prices per gram and how long it takes.
Read the guideSell gold in Limerick
The free insured pack from Limerick, what a working week looks like from posting to payment, and today's gold prices per gram.
Read the guideMore guides
Longer answers on selling, tax, refining and how buyers price jewellery.
How to sell gold in Ireland
The buyers compared, the one question to ask each of them, and today's net price per gram for every carat.
Read the guideHow to sell 9ct gold in Ireland
What 9ct is, how to find the 375 mark, what a gram pays today, how to weigh it at home and the step-by-step sale by post.
Read the guideWhat is scrap gold worth in Ireland?
The melt value formula, today's figure for each carat, worked examples by weight, and what counts as scrap.
Read the guideHow gold buyers price your jewellery
Spot price, fineness, weight and margin: the four numbers behind every offer, where buyers hide margin, and how to check an offer line by line.
Read the guideHow much is 9ct gold worth per gram?
Today's net figure for 9ct in the first line, what 9ct means, the formula behind every scrap gold quote, and worked examples by weight.
Read the guideHow much is 18ct gold worth per gram?
Today's net figure for 18ct (750) in the first line, what 18ct is, where it turns up, worked examples by weight and how to sell it.
Read the guideHow much is 22ct gold worth per gram?
Today's net figure for 22ct (916) in the first line, Indian and Middle Eastern gold, sovereigns, worked examples by weight and how to sell it.
Read the guideIs it safe to post gold in Ireland?
Yes, with a prepaid tracked label and the buyer carrying the risk: what An Post does not cover, our cover per parcel, the limits and what to check before posting to anyone.
Read the guideHow to sell jewellery in Ireland
How jewellery is priced on its metal: weight, carat and the live market, with stones assessed separately and branded watches by quote.
Read the guideXRF testing explained: how we test gold and silver on camera
What an XRF analyser reads, why it beats acid and the hallmark, its limits on plated and hollow pieces, and why every parcel is tested on camera.
Read the guideJewellery valuation for probate and selling inherited jewellery in Ireland
How to get a written probate valuation at date-of-death value, executor record-keeping, and how to sell inherited pieces fairly when the time comes.
Read the guideIs selling gold taxable in Ireland?
CGT at 33 percent on gains only, the 1,270 euro annual exemption, the 2,540 euro chattels rule, and inherited items. With Revenue links.
Read the guideIs my silver real? Sterling vs silver plate
Hallmarks that mean solid silver, marks that mean plate, home checks that help, and the test that settles it.
Read the guideWhy are silver knives worth less than forks and spoons?
Steel blades, filled handles, and why a hallmarked knife pays half the rate of the spoon beside it. How to weigh a canteen so your estimate is right.
Read the guideHallmarks guide: Irish, UK and European marks
Fineness numbers, Dublin Assay Office marks, UK office symbols and date letters, French, Italian and German marks, and the marks that mean plate.
Read the guideHow gold refining works
From 9ct scrap to 999.9 fine: how lots are tested, how the gold is separated, and how toll refining fees are calculated.
Read the guideHow silver refining works
From sterling to 999 fine: the intake testing, the refining process, and what a canteen actually returns as pure silver.
Read the guideRefine or sell? What to do with scrap gold and silver
Selling gets you euro, refining gets you pure metal back. How to choose between them, with the numbers side by side.
Read the guideFrom Irish scrap silver to silver nitrate: how we refine metal into lab chemicals
The founder on what happens to scrap silver after we buy it: sorted, melted and refined to 999 in Dublin, why some becomes silver nitrate and other precious metal salts, and why metal traceable to the lot it came from matters to a lab.
Read the guideQuick fact sheets
Shorter references to check before you post anything to us.
- Gold carats and fineness
What 9ct, 14ct, 18ct and 22ct mean, how 375 and 750 stamps relate to them, and a worked example.
- What we buy by post
The items we accept in the post, and the ones to ask us about first.