Precious Metals Margin Report: Week of October 2, 2026
Stacker practical how-to (premium math, fake detection, junk-silver math), 0:16, published 2026-10-02
Weekly retail precious metals premium update. 📊🪙
Here are the latest margin numbers for the week of October 2, 2026:
• Gold 1 oz government-minted coin premiums moved down to 0.4% (1 oz Gold Coins - Random Design listed at $4,157.27 at SD Bullion). • Silver 1 oz government-minted coin premiums moved up to 1.6% (1 oz Britannia Silver Random Year listed at $61.05 at MintBuilder).
Across the grid, premiums are lowest on 10 oz private-minted gold at 0.3%, while 1/4 oz government-minted silver carries the highest markup at 40.7%.
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