Gold value calculator
How much is your gold worth? Enter the weight and karat to see its melt value at today’s gold price.
How it works
- Weigh your gold in grams on a kitchen or jewelry scale.
- Find the stamp (for example 14K, 585, 18K or 750) and pick it above.
- The melt value appears straight away: weight × gold content × today’s price per gram.
Formula and sources: Method.
Melt value is not what a buyer will pay
The number above is the melt value: what the pure gold inside your item is worth at the current spot price. Buyers have to cover testing, refining and their own profit, so they pay less than this.
One refinery that publishes its terms, Northern Refineries in the US, says it pays 96% of the fine gold it recovers from karat gold for lots of 3 troy ounces or more, and 94% for smaller lots, based on the market price on the day the order is completed (Northern Refineries settlement terms, checked October 19, 2026). That is a refinery price for people who ship scrap to them. Jewelry stores, pawnshops, cash-for-gold shops and mail-in buyers set their own prices, which are not published in the same way, and they can be much lower. The only way to know is to ask several buyers for a written price per gram for your karat.