About
Bullion Bars explains gold and silver bars to people who are thinking about buying one, already own some, or need to sell. We cover the refiners and their product lines, bar sizes and premiums, how spot prices are set and what to check before handing money to a dealer.
We do not sell metal and take no commission on purchases. When we name a refiner or a mint, it is because its bars are common on the market, not because anyone paid for the mention. Figures such as purities, weights and dimensions come from the refiners’ own specifications and from the LBMA good-delivery rules.
What you will find here
The site is organised in four sections:
- Gold bars: the formats (cast and minted), the fineness marks, and profiles of the refiners whose bars you are most likely to meet, from PAMP Suisse and the Perth Mint to legacy names such as Credit Suisse and Johnson Matthey.
- Silver bars: sizes from 1 oz to 100 oz and beyond, the collectible Engelhard bars, the history of silver ingots as money and the metal itself.
- Buying & selling: how to choose a dealer, how to read a listing, where to buy, how to sell back, and how physical bullion compares with the other ways of holding precious metals.
- Prices: spot prices, the London benchmarks, the gap between spot and what a dealer charges, the gold/silver ratio and the arithmetic behind a scrap-gold offer.
A good place to start is our overview of gold bars, followed by the buyer’s walk-through.
How we write
Every article is written for this site and checked against primary sources: refiners’ published specifications, the rules of the London Bullion Market Association, and official texts when we mention tax. When a figure is uncertain or changes often, we explain the mechanism rather than print a number that will be wrong next month. That is also why we do not publish live prices: a price on an editorial page is out of date the moment it is written, and your dealer’s screen is the only one that counts on the day you buy or sell.
We update articles when the market changes in a way that matters to readers: a refiner leaving the business, a brand being absorbed by another company, a change in how benchmark prices are set.
What we do not do
- We do not give personal investment, tax or legal advice. Our pages explain how bullion works; decisions about your own money are yours, ideally taken with a qualified adviser.
- We do not recommend individual dealers and do not run affiliate links.
- We do not publish reader testimonials or reviews.
Corrections and questions
If you spot an error, or think a topic is missing, write to us through the contact page. We read every message and correct mistakes openly.
Independence
Bullion Bars is an independent editorial site. It sells no metal, holds no stock and is not connected with any dealer, refiner or with whoever previously used this domain name.