Scrap Gold / Melt Value Calculator
How much is your scrap gold worth at melt value? Enter a gross weight and karat to see the fine gold content and its reference value — built for US consumers checking jewellery before selling, and for jewellers and gold buyers who want a transparent, quick melt calculation.
Scrap Gold / Melt Value Calculator
UnavailableChecking the platform reference…Enter a gross weight and karat to see the fine gold content and its melt value — using the platform's reference Gold price or a price you enter yourself.
Checking the platform reference price… Fine gold weight is still shown below — switch to Manual price to enter your own and see a melt value.
Enter a gross weight to see the fine gold weight and melt value.
How this is calculated
Fine gold weight = gross weight × purity fraction (14K = 14/24, and so on). This needs no market data, so it is shown even when no reference price is available.
Melt value is the reference value of the gold content only — fine gold weight multiplied by a Gold price, either the platform's verified reference price or one you enter yourself.
Melt value is not a buyer offer, a retail price, or an appraisal. A buyer offer is what a specific buyer proposes to pay, usually below melt value. A retail price includes making charge, markup and other costs on top of the metal. An appraisal or collectible value can reflect brand, craftsmanship or rarity that has nothing to do with the gold content itself. This calculator values gold content only — nothing else.
What melt value means
Melt value is the reference value of the gold content only. It is not a buyer offer (what a specific buyer proposes to pay, usually below melt value), not a retail selling price (which adds making charge, markup and other costs on top of the metal), and not an appraisal or collectible value (which can reflect brand, craftsmanship, age or rarity that has nothing to do with the gold content). This calculator only ever values the gold itself.
Common US jewellery purities
US jewellery is most commonly stamped 10K, 14K, 18K, 22K or 24K. Karat states the fraction of pure gold out of 24 parts — 14K is 14/24 fine, for example — and this calculator applies that exact fraction, never a rounded approximation.
- 10K = 41.67% fine
- 14K = 58.33% fine
- 18K = 75.00% fine
- 22K = 91.67% fine
- 24K = 100.00% fine
Weight and units
Enter the gross (as-weighed) weight of the piece, in grams, kilograms, troy ounces or tola. Gram is the most common scale reading for jewellery in the US; troy ounce is Gold's standard bullion-pricing unit — this calculator converts between them exactly, with no rounding until the final displayed figure.
What this calculator does not do
It does not add or assume any tax, and it does not fabricate a Gold price — when no verified platform reference is available, it says so plainly rather than substituting a stale, guessed, or placeholder figure, and Manual price mode still works with a price you supply. The optional buyer-offer comparison is arithmetic on assumptions you enter; it never claims buyers typically pay a given percentage, and it never recommends what you should accept.