What dealers actually put across the counter.
The same buy-side workflow covers most of what walks in: an estate lot nobody has sorted, a tube of generic bullion, a bag of scrap, a binder of certified type. Here is how each one behaves in CounterMint, and where the pricing rules differ.
Estate lots and inherited collections
An estate lot can mix dates, metals, raw and certified pieces. Photo-assisted intake proposes itemized lines for your review; inspect missed or grouped items and correct visible details before pricing the lot.
The dealer can review melt, premium and eligible reference evidence to explain why common silver and certified type need different judgments. The customer receives the itemized chosen offer, without a labeled wholesale value or dealer blend arithmetic.
An itemized offer gives beneficiaries a clearer document to circulate and compare.
Bullion buy prices at volume
Generic bullion depends on reviewed content, weight, payout rules and recorded freshness. Gold, silver, platinum and palladium are the four supported quoteable metals. Spot from a market data provider, refreshed every minute and time-stamped on every quote.
For metal-only pricing, turn premium off and use valid metal inputs with no applicable wholesale reference or override. Review any reference, comps or blend settings that would otherwise apply before choosing the offer.
Metals Insights combines selectable history windows, ranges, moving averages, RSI and MACD with a gauge and ribbon. An optional daily quote note carries its date. These indicators describe history and never change your offer.
Scrap gold and sterling
Scrap is arithmetic, and arithmetic done at a counter under time pressure is where margin leaks. Karat, weight and metal content drive the line; your payout percentage does the rest. A scrap calculation and a numismatic line can sit on the same offer sheet, which matters when a lot contains both.
The customer sees itemized chosen amounts and totals. Dealer screens support the metal arithmetic; a clear offer doesn’t require exposing reference values and blend math.
Sterling, dental, broken chain and mixed-karat parcels all price off content rather than catalogue identity.
Certified and graded type
A readable certification label supplies a recorded grade for you to review. Review matching sold evidence and applicable melt/premium arithmetic; eligible manual or own-key references and blend controls may also shape the suggestion.
Where a certification label is readable in the photograph, its detail is transcribed onto the line. CounterMint does not grade or authenticate anything. It reads what is printed and leaves the judgment to you.
Configure series and grade rules, then check the match and offer. A prestige label alone does not prove that the selected evidence or payout rule is correct.
Paper currency
Notes have no precious-metal melt floor. Use reviewed comparable value or an eligible reference under the configured controls; historical metal normalization is not invented for a non-metal item. Notes and coins can share one itemized offer.
Mixed lots that contain both notes and metal price on one offer rather than two, so a customer does not receive a coin number today and a currency number tomorrow.
Explore the sample dealer demo, or request an own-lot walkthrough. A walkthrough request is a saved inquiry, not a booked appointment or a promise of live provider processing.