Best Place to Sell Gold in Pasadena California
We are Located in the Famous Pasadena Play House District between Los Robles Boulevard and Lake Boulevard 1 mile from Old Town Pasadena. LA Cash for Gold in Pasadena offers a safe secure location to turn you un-used Gold, Silver and Platinum into Cash. You must be over 21 years of age in order to sell gold to LA Cash for Gold, state issued photo I.D. must be presented at the time of sale. Once we test your items we will then weight your items right in front of you and then multiply the gram weight times the prices on our website "Live Prices" Page. Cash for Gold Los Angeles offers up to date prices pulled from the New York Stock Exchange and breaks the prices down for customer by the Gram and by the percentage of Gold you have in you item. Example 14 Karat Gold is 585% Pure gold and 417% Alloy, Such as Copper, Nickel or Palladium. All Payments Made in Cash.
Understanding our Price Chart
The chart above shows the price breakdown for each karat of gold with three weight units: gram, pennyweight (DWT), and ounce. Ounces are measured in Troy Ounce which is equivalent to 31.104 grams. This is the unit of measure for all precious metals including what the NY Stock Market Spot Price is measured in for 1 oz of pure (.999 or 24k) Gold. 1 pennyweight is roughly equivalent to 1.5 grams, thats why this price looks higher than the gram price when in actuality it is the same.
| 1 troy ounce (oz t) | 31.104 gram (g) |
| 1 troy ounce (oz t) | 20 dwt pennyweights |
| 1 pennyweight (dwt) | 1.555 gram (g) |
Jewelry Stamps
Most jewelry is manufactured with a stamp to indicate the content of gold also referred to as the purity or karat. Jewelry manufacturers in the United States and Italy use stamps such as 10k, 14k, or 18k. Asian, Middle Eastern and European manufactures stamp the actual percentage of gold, like 417, 585, and 916. Below is a basic chart with the most common purity stamps and their meanings to help you determine the gold content for your particular item. The Gold Bold font is the normal stamps found on jewelry bought and sold in the USA.
| Metal | Percentage of Pure Gold |
Alloy Percentage | Stamps |
| 8 karat gold | 33.33% Pure Gold | 66.67% other alloy | 333 |
| 9 karat gold | 37.50% Pure Gold | 62.50% other alloy | 375 |
| 10 karat gold | 41.67% Pure Gold | 58.33% other alloy | 10K or 417 |
| 11 karat gold | 45.83% Pure Gold | 54.17% other alloy | |
| 12 karat gold | 50.00% Pure Gold | 50.00% other alloy | |
| 13 karat gold | 54.17% Pure Gold | 45.83% other alloy | |
| 14 karat gold | 58.33% Pure Gold | 41.67% other alloy | 14K or 585 |
| 15 karat gold | 62.50% Pure Gold | 37.50% other alloy | |
| 16 karat gold | 66.67% Pure Gold | 33.33% other alloy | |
| 17 karat gold | 70.83% Pure Gold | 29.17% other alloy | |
| 18 karat gold | 75.00% Pure Gold | 25.00% other alloy | 18K or 750 |
| 19 karat gold | 79.17% Pure Gold | 20.83% other alloy | 19K |
| 20 karat gold | 83.33% Pure Gold | 16.67% other alloy | 20K |
| 21 karat gold | 87.50% Pure Gold | 12.50% other alloy | 21K or 875 |
| 22 karat gold | 91.67% Pure Gold | 8.33% other alloy | 22K or 916 |
| 23 karat gold | 95.83% Pure Gold | 4.17% other alloy | |
| 24 karat gold | 100.0% Pure Gold | 0.00% other alloy | 24K or 999 |
| Sterling Silver | 92.5% | 7.50% other alloy | 925 |
| Platinum 950 | 95.0% | PLAT, PT, 900, 900PT, 950PT |
What we buy:
• Any 24k, 22k, 18k, 14k, 12k, 10k Gold
• Platinum Jewelry or Scrap Platinum
• Gold Cufflinks
• Gold or Platinum Chains
• Gold or Platinum Necklaces and Bracelets
• Gold Engagement or Wedding Bands
• Gold Class Rings, Gold Cluster Rings, Gold Cocktail Rings
• Gold Coins
• Gold Medals
• Gold and Platinum Brooches and Pins
• Scrap Dental Gold
• Other Scrap Gold
• Gold and Platinum Lockets and Charms
• Matched or Mismatched Gold Earrings
• Damaged Jewelry such as Kinked Gold Chains or Gold Pieces with Stones Missing