What's the metal actually worth?
Melt value is the metal-only worth of an item at today's spot price — the number every offer from a pawn shop, jeweler, or refiner is quietly a percentage of. MeltCheck computes it live, shows the math, and tells you what real buyers pay, so you never sell blind.
Gold calculators
Silver calculators
Coin melt values
Other metals
Coin value guides
Beyond melt: series-by-series guides with honest bands and key-date flags, and a checker that walks date, mintmark and condition to a real answer. Start at the coin values index.
How MeltCheck works
Every number on this site comes from three public inputs: the live spot price (gold-api.com), the item's weight, and its purity — karat marks for jewelry, U.S. Mint specifications for coins. No estimates, no black box: each calculator shows its own formula line, and the methodology page documents every constant we use.
Melt value is a floor, not an offer. Where an item can be worth more than its metal — better-date coins, signed jewelry — the page says so and tells you what to check before you sell. When you're ready to sell, the selling guide maps who pays what percentage of melt.