Gold Coin Price-Per-Ounce Chart

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Gold Coin Price-per-Ounce Chart

Use this price-per-ounce chart to see which numismatic gold coins provide the best value for your money.

Gold Coin	-	$2.5 Indian	$2.5 Liberty	$5 Indian	$5 Liberty	$10 Indian	$10 Liberty	$20 St. Gaudens	$20 Liberty
Weight of Gold (Oz.)	-	1/8	1/8	1/4	1/4	1/2	1/2	1	1
Cost	MS61+	$425	$381	$788	$282	$738	$419	$844	$838
Cost/Oz.	MS61+	$3,400	$3,050	$3,150	$1,125	$1,475	$838	$844	$838
Price-to-Gold Weight Ratio	MS61+	5.7	5.1	5.3	1.9	2.5	1.4	1.4	1.4
Cost	MS65+	$5,625	$3,075	$21,375	$3,875	$6,600	$5,250	$1,587	$5,475
Cost/Oz.	MS65+	$45,000	$24,600	$85,500	$15,500	$13,200	$10,500	$1,587	$5,475
Price-to-Gold Weight Ratio	MS65+	75	41	142	26	22	18	2.6	9.1

Gold Coin	Weight of Gold (Oz.)	Cost	Cost/Oz.	Price-per-Oz. Ratio	Cost	Cost/Oz.	Price-per-Oz. Ratio
-	-	MS61+	MS61+	MS61+	MS65+	MS65+	MS65+
$2.5 Indian	1/8	$425	$3,400	5.7	$5,625	$45,000	75
$2.5 Liberty	1/8	$381	$3,050	5.1	$3,075	$24,600	41
$5 Indian	1/4	$788	$3,150	5.3	$21,375	$85,500	142
$5 Liberty	1/4	$282	$1,125	1.9	$3,875	$15,500	26
$10 Indian	1/2	$738	$1,475	2.5	$6,600	$13,200	22
$10 Liberty	1/2	$419	$838	1.4	$5,250	$10,500	18
$20 St. Gaudens	1	$844	$844	1.4	$1,587	$1,587	2.6
$20 Liberty	1	$838	$838	1.4	$5,475	$5,475	9.1

Prices of coins based on spot gold at $600 per ounce.

Formulas
Cost of coin per ounce = Cost divided by weight in ounces (Oz.)
Price-per-Ounce Ratio = Cost of coin per ounce, divided by spot gold ($600 per ounce)

Terms and Symbols
MS61 = Mint State 61 - Certified Coin
MS65 = Mint State 65 - Certified Coin
MS61 Mint State Grade with 25% mark up
MS65 Mint State Grade with 25% mark up

How to use the Price-per-Ounce chart for various coins

To learn how to use the price-per-ounce chart, let’s take one coin, a $2.5 Indian, for example, and follow it across the price-per-ounce chart. First, the $2.5 Indian contains almost one-eighth (1/8) of an oz of gold (Weight of Gold (Oz.) on the chart). Now, to determine the actual cost-per-ounce, divide the Cost (MS61+ 25% mark up) by Weight in ounces. I have used a 25% mark-up on these coins in the chart, because coin companies typically mark these coins up at a minimum of 25% all the way to over 100%. I am being conservative for the point of illustration.

Now we arrive at the price-per-ounce (Cost/Oz) for that MS61 $2.5 Indian at $3,400. For the last step in the price-per-ounce chart, to arrive at the Price-per-Ounce Ratio, divide the price per ounce for the coin, which is $3,400, by the spot price for gold that day, which is $600, and we get 5.7. In other words, by paying $425 for that 1/8 ounce, MS61 $2.5 Indian, the buyer paid 5.7 times the current spot gold price ($600) for that coin.

Shocking? Just wait. Let’s look at the numbers for the MS65 $2.5 Indian. Going across the price-per-ounce chart and repeating the process again, the MS65 Grade with a 25% mark up cost $5,625, divided by 1/8 oz. = $45,000 per ounce for that coin. Now, take $45,000 and divide it by the spot gold price of $600 an ounce and we get a Price-per-Ounce Ratio of 75. And that MS65 $2.5 Indian is not the worst scam on the chart. The MS65 $5 Indian costs $21,375 per coin with a cost per ounce of $85,000, divided by $600 spot, which yields a Price per Ounce Ratio of 142.

The information in this price-per-ounce chart will help you decide which gold coins are the best value and will most preserve your wealth, both for now and the future, for intergenerational wealth preservation.

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