# Bullion Premium Calculator

> Compare a coin, bar or round with melt value or its observed median asking
> premium in any supported currency, using live spot prices.

## What it does

- Melt value from live spot prices for gold, silver, platinum and palladium.
- Premium over melt as a percentage and an absolute amount.
- Typical-price estimates from a product's observed median asking premium, applied to current spot without a product lookup.
- PCGS price-guide matching for graded coins on a registered account.

Guests get a small daily quota of free lookups; registered accounts get unlimited
lookups plus the PCGS guide match.

## Underlying data

- [Metal spot prices](https://www.stackerscan.com/metal-prices.md): the spot input this calculator uses.
- [Observed metal premiums](https://www.stackerscan.com/api/metal-premiums.md?metal=silver): what other sellers are actually asking, as a comparison.

Interactive version: https://www.stackerscan.com/premiums