Precious Metals

IRA Investing in Precious Metals

With Precious Metals IRA investing through Equity Institutional, you have the flexibility to invest in a wide variety of precious metals – including gold and silver American Eagle coins and other gold, silver, palladium, platinum coins, and bullion.

Permissible Precious Metals

There are a number of precious metals that the IRS allows to be held within an IRA:

GOLD

• American Eagle coins⁽¹⁾
• Australian Kangaroo/Nugget coins
• Austrian Philharmonic coins
• British Britannia coins (.9999+)
• Canadian Maple Leaf coins
• Chinese Panda Coins
• U.S. Buffalo Gold Uncirculated coins (no Proofs)
• Bars and rounds as referenced below⁽²⁾

SILVER

• American Eagle coins⁽¹⁾
• Chinese Silver Panda coins
• Australian Kookaburra and Koala coins
• Austrian Philharmonic coins
• Canadian Maple Leaf coins
• Mexican Libertad coins
• Royal Canadian Mint Eagle coins
• Bars and rounds as referenced below⁽²⁾

PLATINUM

• American Eagle coins⁽¹⁾
• Bars and rounds as referenced below⁽²⁾
• Australian Koala coins
• Canadian Maple Leaf coins
• Isle of Man Noble coins

PALLADIUM

• Bars and rounds as referenced below⁽²⁾
• Canadian Maple Leaf coins

⁽¹⁾ Coins, including the American Eagle, that have undergone “certification” (also known as “slabbed” coins) are not acceptable in IRAs at this time.

⁽²⁾ Bars and rounds produced by manufacturers accredited by Nymex/Comex, LME, LBMA, LPPM, TOCOM, NYSE/Liffe/CBOT, and ISO-9000 or a national mint. The minimum fineness for bars are: Gold .995+ Silver .999+ Platinum .9995+ Palladium .9995+