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How to Care for Your Gold Jewelry One of the most common questions we get at Samuelson’s is how to clean gold jewelry — and with good reason! Gold is a classic setting for most jewelry, whether it’s yellow gold, rose gold, or white gold.  Here…

Let’s take a walk on the silver side of history and learn some fun facts that you might not already know! How was silver discovered? The first evidence of silver mining dates back to 3000 B.C. in Turkey and Greece. However, silver objects dating…

Comstock Lode: The Beginning of Morgan Silver Dollars  Here’s a fun little history tidbit: silver has been around since 3,000 BCE. However it wasn’t until 1859 that the Comstock Lode was discovered in Nevada — the greatest silver discovery in…

What makes gold and silver valuable? Gold and silver are precious metals which are elemental metals that occur naturally and have high economic value. In some cases, gold and silver can be used for currency, like coinage and bullions. Because gold…

Spring can’t come soon enough for most of us. Winter has kept us cooped up, bored, and maybe a little bit stir-crazy. As we approach warmer weather and the ability to open our windows again, spring cleaning is likely on your to-do list. And if it is…

How To Sell Gold Jewelry: Tips To Get The Best Price & More Selling your gold jewelry can be daunting — with so many buyers out there it can be difficult to determine where to go. You can sell your gold online, to pawn shops, estate sales, “cash…

How Can You Tell If Your Items Are Sterling Silver? Silver is a major player in the precious metals game - and has been since at least the 12th century! When silver first appeared on the scene, it was used for commerce. Nowadays, it can be found in…

Common Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Silver And Gold Maybe you have a pile of old jewelry that you’re never going to wear. Or perhaps you were gifted a gorgeous set of silver flatware and already have three other sets lying around for special occasions…