Gold bar: $231 gap between buying and selling at SD Bullion
In short
- The cheapest 1 oz gold bar in our data is at Gainesville Coins: $3,948.42, which is $32.32 (0.8%) above the spot price of $3,916.10.
- SD Bullion sells a 1 oz Lion bar for $3,995.14 and buys for $3,763.99, a gap of $231.15 (5.8%); its 1 oz Britannia coin has a gap of $221.15 (5.5%).
- The cheapest 1 oz American Gold Eagle is $3,987.04 at Gainesville Coins, $70.94 (1.8%) above spot.
If you buy a 1 oz gold bar and sell it back to the same dealer today, you lose about 5.8% at SD Bullion, the dealer in our data that publishes a buy-back price. At 7:00 a.m. Sofia time gold is $3,916 an ounce, after falling to a one-year low on Friday (Kitco).
What happened
Kitco reports that gold fell 3.5% on Friday to $3,880 an ounce, its lowest since October 2025, and silver fell almost 6% to $48.95. Analysts tie the drop to high oil prices and expectations of more Fed hikes. This morning gold is $3,916 an ounce and silver $50.14.
US dealer prices at 7:00 a.m. Sofia time (captured 6:19): 1 oz bars start at Gainesville Coins ($3,948.42), then Summit Metals ($3,979.30) and SD Bullion ($3,995.14). American Gold Eagles start at $3,987.04 at Gainesville Coins, then $4,055.66 at SD Bullion and $4,091.66 at Summit Metals. Most dealers do not publish buy-back prices.
What it means for you
The math for a 1 oz bar at SD Bullion: you pay $3,995.14 and could sell back for $3,763.99, losing $231.15. To break even, the buy-back price would have to rise by about 6.1%. For the Britannia coin ($3,985.14 sell, $3,763.99 buy) the loss is $221.15, with the same $3,763.99 buy-back price.
Compared with spot, the cheapest bar costs $32.32 more than the metal, while the cheapest Eagle costs $70.94 more. Prices can change when markets open.
Live prices: gold prices in the US and gold calculator; related: the Kitco analyst survey.
Bottom line
The gap between buying and selling a 1 oz bar is $231 at SD Bullion, while the cheapest bar is only 0.8% above spot. Gold is $3,916 an ounce after a one-year low on Friday.
Sources: Kitco
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For information only. This is not investment advice.
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