Live Precious Metals Price Charts
The Royal Mint’s live precious metal price charts make it easy for you to view the value of gold, silver, and platinum, in currencies such as pounds, euros and dollars.
Precious Metals Price Spread
The table below shows the spread of live precious metals prices. The prices shown are linked to an ounce of each metal. 'Buy' indicates when a precious metal is purchased from The Royal Mint whilst 'Sell' indicates the value of metal when it is sold back to The Royal Mint.
*Please note that premiums are charged above the live metal price for buying activity whilst on sell activity a premium is deducted from the live metal price.
Frequently Asked Questions
The gold price can be impacted by various factors linked to supply and demand, as well as investor expectations about where the price may be heading in the future. The gold spot price represents the price paid per troy ounce of gold in unallocated form - physical gold usually incurs a premium above the spot price to cover costs associated with manufacturing, transportation and storage.
Bullion products from The Royal Mint incur a margin or ‘premium’ on top of the cost of the metal. This cost covers the design, craftsmanship, production and management of the products that we sell.
Our bullion prices are determined by the live gold, silver and platinum spot prices with a premium added. During checkout, the price that you will be quoted is what you would pay at that point in time for the product. This quote will be valid for a short period of time after which point it will refresh.
Put simply, the gold fix is a pricing mechanism which is in action throughout the day. It arrives at a value based on the buying and selling movement within the marketplace on a particular day. The London Bullion Market is the international home of gold pricing. Twice a day - at 10:30 and 15:00 GMT - prices are officially fixed.
One of the most important factors when investing in bullion is the price, and being able to view the live and historical prices of gold, silver or platinum can be a key influence on your decision.
By using the information displayed on these charts you can obtain a clear overview of the live prices of gold, silver or platinum, helping you to not only make informed decisions on your future investments, but to also calculate the value of your current precious metal’s investment portfolio.
Intuitively, you can also use the live precious metal price charts to review historical prices of these precious metals. Helping you to gain a better understanding of how each metal price varies over time.