Gold jewellery price calculator
Check a jeweller's price before you buy. Enter the weight, purity, making charges and tax to see the full cost, and how much of it you would get back as gold.
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Estimated price
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An estimate, not a quote. Without a shop price, this uses the world gold price converted to your currency, which leaves out import duty and the jeweller's margin, so real prices are usually higher. Stones are not included.
About the jewellery calculator
- Worked example
- Take a piece weighing 8 grams, with gold at 10,000 a gram, a 10% making charge and 3% tax. The gold is worth 80,000, the making charge adds 8,000 and the tax adds 2,640, so you pay 90,640. That is 10,640, or about 13%, more than the gold itself is worth.
- What are making charges?
- Making charges pay for the work of turning gold into jewellery. They can be a percentage of the gold's value or an amount per gram, and detailed designs usually cost more. Ask your jeweller how theirs is worked out.
- What is wastage?
- Some shops add a percentage for gold lost during production. Others include it in the making charge, so check you are not paying for it twice.
- How much would I get if I sold it back?
- Usually no more than the gold's value, and often less. Making charges and tax are generally not returned. The "If sold as gold" line uses the world price, as a guide.
- Why enter the shop's price per gram?
- Local gold prices are usually above the world price, because of import duty and margins. Entering the price your jeweller quotes for that purity gives you a more realistic total.