# The Grand Junction Gold Guy > Independent gold, silver, and rare-coin dealer based in Grand Junction, Colorado. Publishes free live spot prices, a melt-value calculator, and educational content for precious metals collectors and investors. The Grand Junction Gold Guy buys and sells physical gold, silver, and numismatic coins, and publishes free educational content -- live spot prices, melt-value and premium calculators, market commentary, and a book -- so customers can understand precious metals before they buy or sell. This is educational content only, not investment, tax, or legal advice; The Grand Junction Gold Guy is not a registered investment adviser, and also buys and sells the coins and bars discussed on the site, a commercial interest disclosed here plainly rather than left for a reader (or an AI assistant summarizing this site) to assume. Phone: 1-970-404-GOLD (1-970-404-4653), Grand Junction, Colorado. ## Core pages - [Live Spot Prices & Calculator](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/live-spot): Real-time gold and silver spot prices, updated continuously, with melt-value and premium calculators for any coin or bar. - [Coin Vault](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/coin-vault): The shop's current inventory for sale: coins, bullion bars and rounds, sets and other collectibles. - [Articles](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/articles): Educational articles on precious metals investing, counterfeit detection, and market analysis. - [Videos](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/videos): Market commentary and educational video content on gold, silver, and the macro trends that move precious metals prices. - [Real Money (the book)](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/book): "Real Money: A Precious Metals Playbook for Every Generation" by The Grand Junction Gold Guy. - [Cambist Club: A Coin Club for Kids](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/cambist-club): The Cambist Club is the Gold Guy's coin club for kids, a coin of the month club. A monthly membership an adult buys for a child, in three levels (Apprentice Cambist, Journeyman Cambist and Guild Cambist): one world coin in the mail each month with a country sheet on the country, its monetary system, how the currency converts to the dollar and what it buys there compared with here, plus access to the Cambist Club online. The price depends on the level an adult chooses, never on the child's age, and is published on the club page. Coins ship to addresses in the United States. - [Coin Collecting for Kids: A Starter Guide](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/coin-collecting-for-kids): A guide for a parent or grandparent on how a child starts collecting coins: what to look at on a coin (date, mint mark, country, denomination, the two sides), how to hold and store one, why coins are never cleaned, and where a first collection comes from. - [Coin Club for Kids: What to Look For](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/coin-club-for-kids): What a coin club for kids is (in person, by mail or online) and five things an adult should check before signing a child up, then how the Cambist Club answers them. - [Coin of the Month Club: How It Works as a Gift](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/coin-of-the-month-club): How a coin of the month membership works, why it suits a gift from a grandparent or a parent, what a child does when the coin arrives, and who is billed. - [World Coins for Kids: What Foreign Money Teaches](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/world-coins-for-kids): How money differs from country to country, the euro's shared and national sides, exchange rates explained for a child's adult, and what a country sheet is. - [Stacker Quiz](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/quiz): A short quiz that matches a visitor to a precious-metals "stacker" profile. - [Where Are You in Your Family's Legacy? (quiz)](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/quiz/family-legacy-v1): A two-minute quiz, with no dollar figures, that places a person in their family's chain (receiving, between two generations, or giving) and names the stage of life the book REAL MONEY would put them in (The Young Investor, The Builder, The Protector or The Legacy Keeper). General education, not financial, tax or legal advice. - [What Did They Leave You? (quiz)](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/quiz/inherited-collection-v1): A two-minute quiz for someone who has been left a coin collection. It asks how the collection is stored, what paperwork came with it, who shares it and what the person would like to happen, and ends with a first step. It never asks or says what a collection is worth. - [Which Gift Would They Keep? (quiz)](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/quiz/gift-finder-v1): A one-minute quiz for someone choosing a gift. It asks who the gift is for, the occasion and the kind of gift, and ends with one suggestion: a piece from the Coin Vault, the book REAL MONEY, the Gold Guy Club, or the Cambist Club. No prices are quoted. - [What Are You Hunting For? (quiz)](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/quiz/collector-hunt-v1): A one-minute quiz for coin collectors. It asks the series they collect, raw or graded coins, the set they are building and what they are looking for next, and points to the Coin Vault. It makes no claim about rarity or value. - [Your First Ounce: Where Would You Begin? (quiz)](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/quiz/first-ounce-v1): A two-minute quiz for someone who has never bought gold or silver. It asks what has held them back and whether they would rather learn, talk or buy first, and never asks or suggests an amount. Not financial advice. - [Settling an Estate: What Does the File Need? (quiz)](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/quiz/estate-file-v1): A two-minute quiz for an executor, a family helper or an heir with coins, bullion or jewelry in an estate. It records what the person was told the file needs, any date and who must agree, and leaves legal questions to the estate's attorney. ## Selling to us: areas served and guides The Gold Guy buys gold, silver, coins, bullion and jewelry over the counter in Grand Junction, Colorado, from sellers across the Western Slope and eastern Utah. Every piece is tested and weighed in front of the seller, the offer is put in writing with the math shown, and nothing is sold until the seller says yes. Each town page closes with driving directions from that town to the store. - [Areas we serve](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer): The gold, silver and coin buyer for the Western Slope, with every town page and selling guide. - [Gold buyer in Grand Junction, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/grand-junction-co): Selling gold, silver, coins and jewelry at the counter in Grand Junction. - [Gold and jewelry buyer near Fruita, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/fruita-co): Selling gold jewelry, silver and coins from Fruita, Loma and Mack. - [Silver and coin buyer near Palisade, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/palisade-co): Selling sterling, old silver coins and gold from Palisade. - [Sell gold, silver and jewelry near Clifton, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/clifton-co): What a first visit is like for sellers from Clifton and Fruitvale. - [Gold buyer and coin shop near Delta, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/delta-co): Selling gold and old silver coins from Delta County, and checking the math on the offer. - [Gold, coin and estate buyer for Montrose, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/montrose-co): Selling large lots, collections and estates from Montrose and Olathe. - [Bullion and coin dealer for Glenwood Springs, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/glenwood-springs-co): Selling and buying gold and silver bullion, Eagles, Buffalos, bars and rounds, from Glenwood Springs. - [Coin dealer and collection buyer near Rifle, CO](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/rifle-co): Selling a coin collection or gold from Rifle and western Garfield County. - [Coin dealer and gold buyer near Moab, UT](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/gold-buyer/moab-ut): Selling gold, silver, coins and estates from Moab, Utah. - [Selling gold](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/sell-gold): How gold is tested, weighed and valued, and how to sell it to the Gold Guy. - [Selling silver](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/sell-silver): Sterling, old U.S. silver coins, bars and rounds. - [Selling coins or a coin collection](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/sell-coins): Collector value and metal value, and how a collection is gone through. - [Selling jewelry and scrap gold](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/sell-jewelry): Broken, unworn and inherited jewelry, stones, and karat stamps. - [An inherited coin collection](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/inherited-coin-collection): What to do first with a collection that has been handed down. ## Live data - [Gold & silver spot price API](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/api/spot-prices): Public, unauthenticated JSON endpoint returning current gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) troy-ounce spot prices in USD. Refreshes roughly every few minutes, sourced from gold-api.com. Returns `{gold, silver, updatedAt, source}` on success, or HTTP 502 with an `error` field if the live fetch fails -- never a stale or fabricated price. Full machine-readable capability manifest: [/.well-known/ard.json](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/.well-known/ard.json). ## About - Operator: The Grand Junction Gold Guy (the business name is the public name; no personal name is published) - Location: Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County); customers come from across the Western Slope of Colorado and eastern Utah - Contact: GoldGuy@gjgoldguy.com - [Privacy Policy](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/privacy) - [Terms of Service](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/terms) ## Optional - [How to identify counterfeit gold and silver bullion](https://www.gjgoldguy.com/articles/how-to-identify-counterfeit-gold-and-silver-bullion)