Thirteen things worth more than most people think.
Most people bring in one and leave having sold three. Each line below is the actual test Cash for Gold applies — if yours isn't listed, bring it anyway, the look is free.
Gold JewelrySterling SilverCoins & BullionEstate CollectionsJohnson City · Suite 2
Gold JewelrySterling SilverCoins & BullionEstate CollectionsJohnson City · Suite 2
Silver
Sterling flatware & holloware
Cash for Gold evaluates sterling flatware, holloware, candlesticks, bowls and trays. Ask about markings, metal content and any non-metal parts before deciding whether to sell.
Marked 925, STERLING, or unmarked and testable
Estates
Inherited collections, whole
Cash for Gold evaluates inherited jewelry, sterling silver, coins and bullion in Johnson City. Call the shop to discuss a large collection or any request for an in-home visit before arranging a time.
Estate collections · discuss arrangements with the shop
Coins
Coins, currency & constitutional silver
Junk silver isn’t junk. Pre-1965 dimes, quarters and halves are 90% silver and trade on weight; a graded Morgan or a war nickel can be worth several times its metal. Cash for Gold buys coins on the higher of the two numbers — metal or collector — and checks both before quoting.
Pre-1965 US 90% · 40% Kennedy 1965–70 · graded slabs
Bullion
Bars, rounds & dental gold
Bullion is the simplest transaction at the Cash for Gold counter in Johnson City — weight, purity, spot, done. Dental gold is the one almost nobody advertises: crowns, bridges and partials carry real recoverable gold, porcelain still attached is fine, and it is tested discreetly.
.999 and .9999 · crowns, bridges, partials · porcelain intact is fine
The rest of the thirteen
Will you take my thing? Almost certainly.
Most common
Scrap & broken gold jewelry
10K–24K, marked or unmarked. Tangled, bent, single earrings — all fine.
Class rings
ETSU, Milligan, Science Hill, any year. Stone stays or goes, your call.
PT950, PT900, jewelry, lab and dental-lab scrap, bench sweeps.
Luxury watches
Rolex, Omega, Tudor, Breitling, Cartier — running or not, box or no box.
So you don't waste a trip
What Cash for Gold does not buy
Gold-plated and gold-filled pieces below our
recovery threshold. Silverplate — anything marked EPNS, "Rogers," or "silver on copper." Costume jewelry with
no precious metal in it. We'll still tell you what you have and why, at no charge.
A buyer who says they take absolutely anything has
not told you anything. Cash for Gold publishes the exclusions because a wasted drive from Unicoi costs you an hour
and costs us a customer.
What is the difference between a gold buyer, a pawn shop, and a jeweler?
A gold buyer purchases metal outright and prices it on weight and purity. A pawn shop lends against
your item as collateral and can also buy it. A jeweler resells finished pieces, so a piece worth more
intact than melted is worth most to them.
Cash for Gold buys outright and does not lend. Nothing is held against a loan, and there is no
interest and nothing to redeem.
