Coins & Bars: Malaysia
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1StopGold | 4.5 | ? | |||||||
BuySilverMalaysia | NA | 40 | |||||||
ClickGold2U | NA | 60 | |||||||
GoldSilver2U | 13 | ? | |||||||
GoldSilverResources | NA | 50 | |||||||
Maybank | 5.5 | NA | |||||||
Merlip | 5.7 | 40 | |||||||
Nubex | 9.0 | 60 | |||||||
Public Gold | 12 | ? | |||||||
SilverKini | NA | 40 | |||||||
UOB | 4.0 | NA |
Online Purchase means you’re able to submit an order based on online prices. When this feature is not checked, any published prices are indicative only. Orders can only be placed after obtaining a quoted price by phone, email, fax or over the counter.
Premium Over Spot is an estimate of the difference between selling price & spot price for one piece of 1 oz gold & silver coin or closest equivalent based on published prices. “NA” indicates bullion type is not available while “?” indicates bullion type is available but there is none in the 1 oz range available for fair comparison. See “Reviews” for premiums of other products.
Reviews
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1StopGold
Products
- Gold coins: American Eagle & Buffalo, Canadian Maple Leaf, Australian Kangaroo, PAMP Suisse
- Gold bars: PAMP minted & cast bars
- Silver coins: Not Available
- Silver bars: PAMP Suisse 1kg bars
Pricing & Ordering
Indicative prices are published but without online purchase facilities. For quotation and ordering, contact them here.
Payment & Delivery
Payment can be made via Cash over the counter, Cash bank-in, Internet banking, TT, Banker Cheque or Cashier Order or Personal Cheque.
Delivery by personal collection at B6-8, Megan Avenue 1, 189 Jalan Tun Razak, KL.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 1oz gold coin: 4.5% (Based on Indicative pricing only, which may not be up to date!)
- 1kg gold bar: 0.8% (Based on Indicative pricing only, which may not be up to date!)
- 1oz coin: Not Available
- 1kg silver bar: 10% (Based on Indicative pricing only, which may not be up to date!)
Storage
No storage services offered
Buy Back
Buy back offered, but no prices published.
BuySilverMalaysia
Products
- Silver coins: American Eagle, Canadian Maple Leaf
- Silver bars: Scottsdale Stacker, The One, The Prey & Academy Chunky (1 oz to 1kg)
Pricing & Ordering
Live prices are published for all bullion products and orders must be made exclusively via their user-friendly shopping cart. Process is transparent, with a comprehensive help section.
Payment & Delivery
Payment can be made via credit cards, PayPal or bank transfers. There’s a pleasant surprise at checkout. Instead of adding a surcharge to the total if paying by credit card or Paypal, they offer a 2% rebate if paying via bank transfers. Payment by bank transfers have to be made within 2 hours of order submission.
PosLaju delivery charges are calculated automatically during the checkout process, with free deliveries for orders exceeding RM300.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 1oz silver coin: 40% (after 2% rebate if paying by bank transfer)
- 1kg silver bar: 20.25% (after 2% rebate if paying by bank transfer)
Storage
No storage services offered
Buy Back
No buy backs offered.
ClickGold2U
Product
- Gold coins: Not Available
- Gold bars: Istanbul Altin Rafinerisi (1g)
- Silver coins: Australian Koala, Kokoburras & Lunar, American Eagle, Chinese Panda
- Silver bars: Johnson Matthey, Perth Mint, Silver Wolf (10 oz)
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes online prices and transactions can be conducted with online shopping facilities.
Payment & Delivery
Payment must be made my electronic bank transfer within 24 hours.
Delivery will be processed 1-2 days after payment and done through courier at a cost of around RM14.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM (there’s a USD option on the website, but it does not work).
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 10z gold bar: Not Available
- 1kg gold bar: Not Available
- 1oz silver coin: 60%
- 1kg silver bar: Not Available
Storage
No storage services offered.
Buy Back
Offers buy back, but no prices published. Need to call.
GoldSilver2U (TOMEI)
Products
- Gold coins: Not Available
- Gold bars: Twin Tower, PAMP (5g to 1Kg)
- Silver coins: Not Available
- Silver bars: Twin Tower, PAMP (311g to 1Kg)
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes Live prices for all products and orders may be made via their user-friendly shopping cart. At the Order Confirmation page, unit prices and total are updated every 60 seconds to reflect the latest pricing.
Payment & Delivery
Payment may be made by credit cards or electronic bank transfer. If purchase is below RM30,000 in a single transaction, customer is require to make full payment in a single transaction. If purchase is more than RM30,000, customer is required to put in a down payment of RM30,000 to secure the prevailing spot price, balance of which must be made within 6 hours on the same day.
Bullion has to be collected from one of their branches (selected during check out process). No delivery services offered.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM.
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 20g gold bar: 13% (closest to 1 oz gold coin used for comparison)
- 1kg gold bar: 3.5%
- 1oz silver coin: Not Available
- 1kg silver bar: 35%
Storage
No storage services offered.
Buy Back
Offers buy back at published prices.
Spread (difference between Sell & Buy prices as a percentage of Sell price)
Spread for some common products based on published/indicative prices.
- 20g gold bar: 11% (closest to 1 oz gold coin used for comparison)
- 1kg gold bar: 4.1%
- 1oz silver coin: Not available
- 1Kg silver bar: 22%
GoldSilverResources
Product
- Silver coins: Harimau Malaya
- Silver bars: GSR, Bunga Raya (100g to 1kg)
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes online prices and transactions can be conducted with online shopping facilities. Shopping cart (registration required) is rather old fashioned and not so user friendly.
Payment & Delivery
Information about payment and delivery is scant. It appears that only form of payment available is through bank transfer into their published Maybank & CIMB accounts. Policy page is still empty at time of review.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM.
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 1oz silver coin: 50%
- 1kg silver bar: 25%
Storage
No storage services offered.
Buy Back
Offers buy back at published prices.
Spread (difference between Sell & Buy prices as a percentage of Sell price)
Spread for some common products based on published/indicative prices.
- 1oz silver coin: 19%
- 1Kg silver bar: 12%
Maybank
Products
- Gold coins: Malaysian Kijang Emas.
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes daily buy and sell prices and coins may be purchased in person over the counter only.
Payment & Delivery
Cash only. Personal collection at the counter.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 1 oz gold coin: 5.5%
Storage
No storage services.
Buy Back
Buy-back prices are quoted alongside Sell prices.
Spread (difference between Sell & Buy prices as a percentage of Sell price)
Spread for some common products based on published/indicative prices.
- 1oz gold coin: 3.9%
Merlip-Merlip
Products
- Gold coins: Not Available
- Gold bars: PAMP, Perth Mint (5 to 20g)
- Silver coins: Australian Lunar, Koala, Kookaburra, American Eagle, Canadian Maple Leaf, Cougar, Grizzly, Austrian Philharmonic, Mexican Libertad
- Silver bars: Silver Towne, PAMP Lunar, Suisse, APMEX, OPM, Sunshine Mint, Morgan Dollar (1 oz)
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes online prices and transactions can be conducted with online shopping facilities.
Payment & Delivery
Payment can be made via Maybank2U
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 20g gold bar: 5.7% (closest to 1 oz gold coin used for comparison)
- 1kg gold bar: Not Available
- 1 oz silver coin: 40%
- 1 kg silver bar: Not Available
Storage
No storage services offered.
Buy Back
Offers buy back, but no prices published. Need to call.
Nubex
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Products
- Gold coins: Emirates Dinar, Kelantan Dinar, Australian Kangaroo & Lunar, American Eagle & Buffalo
- Gold bars: Emirates Gold, Gram Altin, Perth Mint (1g to 50g), PAMP Suisse (1g to 50g)
- Silver coins: Kelantan Dirham, American Eagle
- Silver bars: Emirates (20g to 50g)
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes online realtime prices and transactions can be conducted with online shopping facilities. There’s a 24hr (1 business day) price hold policy pending full payment.
Payment & Delivery
Payments can be made via wire transfer to one of their 3 published bank accounts.
Delivery is usually processed within 24 hours and shipped out from Mondays to Thursdays by insured courier and charges start at about RM15. Personal pick up option is available at Damansara Store (according to check out page).
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 1 oz gold coin: 9.0%
- 1kg gold bar: Not Available
- 1 oz silver coin: 60%
- 1kg silver bar: Not Available
Storage
No storage services offered.
Buy Back
Buy back prices (indicative) are published here.
Spread (difference between Sell & Buy prices as a percentage of Sell price)
Spread for some common products based on published/indicative prices.
- 1oz gold coin: 4.5% (for members)
- 100g gold bar: 3.4% (for members)
- 1oz silver coin: Not available
- 1Kg silver bar: 10.6% (for members)
Public Gold
Products
- Gold coins: Public Gold, Gold Dinar
- Gold bars: Public Gold (10g to 500g)
- Silver coins: Not Available
- Silver bars: Public Silver bars (100g to 1kg)
Pricing & Ordering
Prices are published here. Orders may be made online, but only if you have an account, which will be created only after you’ve placed an order offline. There are no links to register online. For offline orders, a quotation can be obtained through phone or SMS. Upon receipt and confirmation of sales contract by fax or email, payment has to be made within 24 hours.
Payment & Delivery
Payment can be made via Cash over the counter, Cash bank-in at ATM, ATM transfer, Internet banking or TT.
Bullion may be collected in person at branch of choice or delivered by post. Delivery charges are posted here.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 20g gold bar: 12% (closest to 1 oz gold coin for comparison)
- 500g gold bar: 11% (largest available for comparison with 1kg bar)
- 1 oz silver coin: Not available
- 1Kg silver bar: 30%
Storage
No storage services offered.
Buy Back
Buy back prices are published along side sell prices.
Spread (difference between Sell & Buy prices as a percentage of Sell price)
Published indicative prices are used to have a picture of their spread for some common products.
- 20g gold coin: 6% (closest to 1 oz gold coin for comparison)
- 500g gold bar: 4.5% (largest available for comparison with 1kg bar)
- 1 oz silver coin: Not available
- 1Kg silver bar: 12%
SilverKini
Products
- Silver coins: Maple Leaf, Kelantan Dirham
- Silver bars: Emirates, Public Silver (20g to 500g)
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes online prices and transactions can be conducted with online shopping facilities.
Payment & Delivery
Payment can be made by bank transfer.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 1 oz silver coin: 40%
- 500g Silver bar: 30%
Storage
No storage services offered.
Buy Back
No buy back.
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UOB
Products
- Gold coins: Australian Nuggets, Canadian Maple, S’pore Lion.
- Gold bars: UBS Kinebar, PAMP Suisse (1g to 5g)
Pricing & Ordering
Publishes daily buy and sell prices at around 10am, and sometimes updated when prices are volatile. Not all products are available all the time. Best to call Jalan Raja Laut HQ at 03-27726578.
Prices are indicative only, and bullion may only be purchased in person over the counter at Jalan Raja Laut HQ or other branches if they have the stock. Certificates are issued for each coin or for an entire lot of coins.
Payment & Delivery
Cash only. Personal collection at the counter.
Currencies
Prices are quoted in RM
Premiums (Note: Dealers may change their premiums according to supply & demand conditions)
Based on a random check of published prices, here’s a picture of their premiums range. Premium figures highlighted in red appear in the comparison chart at the top of this page.
- 1oz gold coin: 4.0%
- 1kg bar: Not Available
Storage
No storage services.
Buy Back
Buy-back prices are quoted alongside Sell prices. Advisable to bring along the certificates together with the bullion.
Spread (difference between Sell & Buy prices as a percentage of Sell price)
Spread for some common products based on published/indicative prices.
- 1oz gold coin: 3.4%
- 100g gold bar: 5.9% (largest available for comparison with 1kg bar)
- 1oz silver coin: Not available
- 1Kg silver bar: Not available
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Updated: Feb 2012
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Disclaimer
The above information is provided on a best-effort basis. It’s accuracy is not guaranteed, and may not reflect the most recent changes made by the service providers. Please perform your own due diligence and verify the information from their respective websites before making any decisions. The reviews are the personal opinion of the author and does not constitute any endorsement or recommendation.