Buy Platinum Coins & Bars

Platinum is rarer than gold and priced mostly by industry rather than by investors, so it can trade below gold for years and then move sharply on a supply shock or an emissions rule change.

That makes it a different sort of holding. The market is thinner: fewer dealers keep platinum in stock, spreads between buy and sell prices are wider, and you will usually sell to a dealer rather than a private buyer. Premiums are higher than gold for the same reason.

We stock the American Platinum Eagle, the Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf, both .9995 fine, and one-ounce bars from accredited refiners at the lowest premium. All of them are eligible for a precious metals IRA, though your custodian decides what it accepts.