0 dealers across 0 cities in Louisiana. Every listing links directly to the dealer's website.
Louisiana's precious metals market concentrates in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Lafayette. New Orleans in particular supports a distinctive trade shaped by the city's age and its antiques district — estate silver, French and Spanish colonial pieces, and inherited jewelry circulate in volume that a market this size would not otherwise produce. Louisiana's civil law tradition and multigenerational family property holdings mean estate transactions here often involve items that have not been appraised in decades, which raises both the opportunity and the risk on any single sale.
Louisiana defines a secondhand dealer under R.S. 37:1861 to include anyone buying, selling, or trading used or secondhand jewelry, silverware, diamonds, and precious metals, and the definition reaches coinage directly. An object, including currency or coinage regardless of the issuing government, falls inside the definition if at least twenty-five percent of its weight is precious metal, or if its market value lies primarily in the precious metal component. At the same time, the licensing Part does not apply to dealers in coins and currency, dealers in antiques, or gun, knife, and other trade and hobby shows, subject to a statutory cross-reference that keeps that exemption from being absolute. The upshot for a seller is that a shop handling both estate jewelry and coins may straddle the line, so ask directly whether they are licensed and bonded as a secondhand dealer under the Part and which category your items fall into.
Louisiana's treatment of precious metals has changed more than once in recent years, and the state's combination of state and local sales taxes makes the total rate on any taxable item highly parish-dependent. Qualifying numismatic coins and bullion have been exempted from state sales tax, but both the criteria and the local treatment matter. Confirm the current state and parish treatment of a specific purchase with the dealer before transacting rather than relying on older guidance.
New Orleans and Baton Rouge support the deepest in-person markets, with established dealers in Shreveport and Lafayette. The New Orleans antiques trade is a genuine advantage when selling older silver or period jewelry, where a piece may be worth considerably more intact than melted — get an antiques opinion before accepting any melt-based offer on marked or period work. For standard investment bullion, online dealers shipping to Louisiana are competitive on premium, and a delivered quote is a useful benchmark against local pricing.
Louisiana imposes strict liability on one specific transaction, and knowing it explains a great deal about how a legitimate shop behaves. No secondhand dealer may purchase gold, silver, or other precious metals, jewelry, or precious stones from anyone under eighteen, and lack of knowledge of the seller's age is expressly not a defense. That is why a Louisiana dealer cards everyone: the risk sits with them regardless of what they were told. The rule does not extend to manufactured registered bullion bars, coins, or numismatic items, which is why a bullion counter may handle the same customer differently than the jewelry counter does. Louisiana's licensing Part also limits where a secondhand dealer may be located and requires any location change to be noted on the license, so an operation working out of a temporary space is outside the structure entirely. Record retention is mandatory with law enforcement inspection rights and penalties attached, which means a dealer who does not want to write anything down is avoiding a legal obligation, not saving you paperwork.
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Precious metals advisory firm established in 1972 by Don McAlvany, now led by CEO David McAlvany. Over $3 billion in client precious metals purchases over five decades. Offers gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins and bars, precious metals IRAs, and ratio trading strategies.
Digital precious metals platform operated by McAlvany Financial Group, a Durango, CO-based precious metals firm established in 1972. Allows users to buy and sell physical gold and silver through a mobile app or website with fractional purchasing starting at $10.
Dallas-based online precious metals dealer established in 2011. Offers gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in coins, bars, and rounds. Posts premiums on all products with payment-method pricing clearly displayed. Free insured shipping on orders over $199.
Oklahoma City-based online precious metals retailer operating since 2000. Carries a large online inventory of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium products, including certified numismatic coins. Posts pricing for all products by payment method. Free shipping on orders over $199.
North Dakota-based online dealer founded in 2012. Focuses on low premiums and has executed over $5 billion in total sales. Offers gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in coins, bars, and rounds. Free insured shipping on orders over $199. Maintains a buyback program for sellers.
Maryland-based online precious metals dealer founded in 2014. Carries specialty and limited-edition releases alongside standard bullion products. Posts premiums on all products. Free shipping on orders over $199. Maintains a buyback program. Accepts multiple payment methods including cryptocurrency.
Texas-based online precious metals dealer founded in 2017. Operates with a curated product catalog rather than an exhaustive inventory, focused on popular gold and silver bullion coins, bars, and rounds. Free insured shipping on orders over $149. No phone solicitation — email support only.
California-based online precious metals dealer. Offers gold, silver, and platinum bullion products along with PCGS and NGC certified numismatic coins. Free shipping on orders over $199 with no order minimum. No phone solicitation. All shipments are insured and discreetly packaged.
Idaho-based precious metals dealer founded in 2010. Offers a monthly savings plan that allows buyers to accumulate metals in small increments through automatic purchases. Carries gold, silver, platinum, and palladium products. Operates a buyback program.
New York City-based dealer founded in 2012 with both an online store and a retail location in Manhattan’s Diamond District. Offers gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and certified numismatic coins. Operates a rewards program for repeat buyers. In-person transactions available at the NYC storefront.
Dallas-based online precious metals retailer. Offers domestic and international bullion products including coins, bars, and rounds from government and private mints worldwide. Free shipping on orders over $199.
US private mint based in Arizona and Wyoming that designs, manufactures, and sells its own gold and silver bullion products. Known for distinctive stackable bar designs and collector-oriented rounds. Also produces bullion for governments and banks. Free shipping on orders over $199.
Dallas-based online precious metals dealer. Offers gold, silver, platinum, and palladium products. Free insured shipping on orders over $199. Provides live chat, phone, and email customer support.
Austin-based online precious metals dealer founded in 2017. Focuses on building direct relationships with mints and distributors. Offers gold and silver bullion products with posted premiums.
Online precious metals dealer offering gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in coins, bars, and rounds. Features a competitor price comparison tool on the website.
bullion.com →Huntington Beach-based coin dealer established in 1964. Offers both bullion and numismatic products online. Carries gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, bars, and rounds alongside collectible and certified coins.