What kind of silver buyer is Cash 4 Gold Trading Post?
We are a licensed precious metals buyer with eight real storefronts in Central New Jersey, and silver crosses our counters every day the doors are open. You bring an item in, we test it and weigh it in front of you, and we make an offer you can accept or decline on the spot. There is no mail-in kit, no waiting on a check from a refinery three states away, and no number promised by someone who has never seen your silver.
Family owned since 2012, licensed, bonded and insured, and rated 4.9 stars across 984 Google reviews from all eight stores. More than 500,000 customers have come through our counters. Every store has an XRF analyzer and a state-certified precious metals scale, and every silver offer is priced against the live market on the day you visit.
Silver sellers arrive from very different searches. Here is how those searches map to what actually happens at our counter.
| If you searched for | What we are | What that means at the counter |
|---|---|---|
| silver buyers near me, sell silver near me | A dedicated precious metals buyer | Your offer is built from the live market on the day you visit, never a printed buy sheet from last week |
| sterling silver price, silver price today | A counter that shows you the math | Purity, weight and the live rate are established in front of you and multiplied out loud |
| who buys silverware near me | A flatware and holloware buyer | Sterling is separated from plate piece by piece, and only the real silver weight is quoted |
| coin shops near me | A coin and bullion counter at all eight stores | Coins are checked for date, mint mark, condition and collector demand before anyone mentions melt |
| cash for silver near me | Same day cash at the counter | Accept and walk out paid, or decline and walk out with your silver, with no fee either way |
Where is the nearest store, and when is it open?
Our eight stores cover Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, so most of Central New Jersey has a silver counter within a short drive. Every store runs the same process with the same equipment, so pick the one closest to you rather than the one with the biggest sign.
Hours in one line: every store is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday hours vary by store and two stores are closed Saturday, so check the store page before a Saturday trip. All eight are closed Sunday.
| Store | Address | Towns this store usually serves |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen (732) 723-9090 Hours and directions |
1102 NJ-34 Aberdeen Township, NJ 07747 |
Matawan, Hazlet, Keyport, Keansburg, Cliffwood |
| Brick (732) 444-2094 Hours and directions |
921 Cedar Bridge Ave Brick, NJ 08723 |
Toms River, Point Pleasant, Lakewood, Jackson, Howell |
| East Brunswick (732) 898-6565 Hours and directions |
111 Main Street Ste. 9 East Brunswick, NJ 08816 |
Old Bridge, South River, Spotswood, Milltown, Sayreville |
| Farmingdale (732) 489-1314 Hours and directions |
68 Main St, Unit 3 Farmingdale, NJ 07727 |
Howell, Wall Township, Freehold, Colts Neck, Belmar |
| Manalapan (732) 483-4145 Hours and directions |
356 Route 9 North, Unit 6 Manalapan, NJ 07726 |
Freehold, Marlboro, Englishtown, Millstone, Monroe Township |
| Middlesex (732) 629-7600 Hours and directions |
748 Bound Brook Rd Middlesex, NJ 08846 |
Bound Brook, Dunellen, Green Brook, Watchung, North Plainfield |
| Millstone (732) 444-2022 Hours and directions |
494 Monmouth Rd Ste. 5 Millstone, NJ 08510 |
Freehold, Manalapan, Monroe Township, Englishtown, Marlboro |
| New Brunswick (732) 543-1313 Hours and directions |
51 Bayard St New Brunswick, NJ 08901 |
Highland Park, Franklin Township, Somerset, Piscataway, Edison |
Not sure which is closest? The locations page has maps, directions and full hours for each store.
What happens when I walk in with silver?
Nothing goes into a back room and nothing is decided before you can see it. Silver rewards careful sorting more than any other metal we buy, because a single drawer often mixes sterling, plate, coin silver and bullion, and each of those is a different conversation.
- You walk in, no appointment. Bring your silver and a valid government-issued photo ID, which New Jersey law requires for every precious metals purchase.
- We read the marks piece by piece. 925 and Sterling, 800, Coin, .999 and the British hallmarks are separated from EPNS and plate marks before anything touches a scale.
- Uncertain pieces go under the XRF analyzer, in front of you. The analyzer reads the exact metal composition in seconds without scratching or damaging the piece, and you see the reading. Worn marks, missing marks and mismarked pieces are settled on the spot.
- Non-silver parts come out of the weight. Stainless knife blades, cement-filled candlestick bases and weighted handles carry no silver, so they are set aside and you are quoted only on real metal.
- Everything is weighed on a certified scale you can see. The unit and the weight are shown openly, in grams and troy ounces, so there is no confusion about what is being priced.
- We check for value above melt. Signed and designer sterling, complete flatware services, antique holloware and coins with collector premiums are reviewed before melt value is used as the answer.
- You get the offer and the math out loud. Accept it and leave with cash the same visit, or decline and leave with your silver exactly as you handed it over. The evaluation is free either way, and plate is identified and handed back at no charge.
Most visits run about 15 to 30 minutes. A few rings or a small stack of coins is quicker; a full flatware service or an estate box takes longer because every piece gets its own check.
Bring it in and watch it tested, free, in front of you. No appointment needed.
📞 Call (732) 483-4145What silver do you buy at the counter?
Every store buys the full range of silver in the same visit, alongside gold, platinum, diamonds and watches, so a mixed drawer is one trip rather than five. Each link below opens the page with the detail on that category.
In plain terms, we buy sterling jewelry in any condition, flatware and holloware from single spoons to full services, silver bars and rounds from one ounce to 100 ounces, government bullion coins such as American Silver Eagles and Canadian Maple Leafs, and pre-1965 US 90 percent coinage including Morgan and Peace dollars. Silver plate is the one category with nothing meaningful to buy: electroplated pieces carry only a trace of silver over base metal, so we identify them for free and hand them straight back rather than quote a token number.
Condition does not change the price of silver sold by weight. Tarnished, dented, bent and broken pieces are bought at their tested purity, because tarnish is a surface reaction that leaves the metal underneath untouched. Bring every piece exactly as you found it, including the ones you suspect are plate, because the free test regularly proves a doubted piece is sterling.
What is my silver worth, and how do you work it out?
Three inputs set every honest silver offer: the purity of the metal, the weight of the real silver, and the live market price at the moment you sell. Nothing else moves the number, which is why you should be able to watch all three being established.
Purity is where silver surprises people. The spot price you see quoted online is for pure .999 silver, and almost nothing in a household drawer is pure. Sterling, coin silver and European silver each contain a different fraction of metal, and plate contains almost none.
| Standard | Mark you will see | Silver purity | Commonly seen on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine silver | .999, 999 | 99.9% silver | Bullion bars, rounds, American Silver Eagles, Canadian Maple Leafs |
| Britannia | 958, seated Britannia hallmark | 95.8% silver | British silverware struck to the Britannia standard, some UK bullion coins |
| Sterling | 925, Sterling, STER, lion passant | 92.5% silver | Most American and British flatware, tea sets, holloware and quality jewelry |
| Coin silver | 900, Coin, C | 90% silver | US dimes, quarters, halves and dollars struck before 1965, early American flatware |
| European silver | 800 | 80% silver | Continental European flatware and decorative pieces, especially German and Italian |
| Silver plate | EPNS, Silver Plate, A1, IS, or no mark | Trace | Base metal under a thin silver layer, identified for free and handed back |
A mark is a claim, not a guarantee, which is why the XRF test settles anything uncertain. Worn marks, foreign marks and unmarked pieces that test as real silver are all bought at their true purity.
Once purity and weight are known, the raw metal value follows a single formula. Use a placeholder market price of $S per troy ounce and substitute the live number when you calculate:
Worked example. Say you have sterling flatware weighing 500 grams after the knife blades and weighted parts are set aside.
- Pure silver content: 500 grams × 0.925 = 462.5 grams of pure silver.
- Convert to troy ounces: 462.5 ÷ 31.1035 = 14.87 troy ounces.
- Multiply by the market price: 14.87 × $S is that lot's melt value at that rate.
Swap the purity decimal to run it for any standard: fine silver uses 0.999, Britannia uses 0.958, coin silver uses 0.900 and European 800 silver uses 0.800. One troy ounce is 31.1035 grams, not the 28.35 grams of a kitchen ounce, and that difference is worth knowing before anyone quotes you.
Want to run your own pieces first? The silver calculator takes the purity and the weight and does this arithmetic for you. Treat it as an estimate, not a quote: it cannot see whether a coin carries a collector premium over its metal, or whether a signed piece is worth more intact than melted, and both of those move real money.
When is silver worth more than its melt value?
Melt is the floor under every real silver piece, and for most household silver the floor is the answer. A minority of pieces carry value above it, and that minority is exactly what a careless buyer misses. We check for it before quoting, on every piece, and you are paid the higher figure.
- Signed and designer sterling. Pieces carrying the marks of respected makers and design houses can trade well above their weight, particularly intact jewelry and complete suites. The maker mark is read before the scale is involved.
- Complete flatware services in sought-after patterns. A full or near-complete service in a pattern collectors still hunt can be worth more assembled than melted, especially with the serving pieces present. We check the pattern before quoting weight.
- Antique and signed holloware. Tea services, trays and candlesticks with genuine maker marks, early American coin silver and hallmarked British pieces can carry antique value beyond the metal. Old Sheffield plate from before the 1840s is a rare case of plate with collector interest.
- Numismatic coins. Key dates, low mintage years, better mint marks and high-grade examples are worth more to a collector than to a refiner. Every coin is checked by date, mint mark and condition before any melt figure is spoken, and premium coins are priced on the premium. Look yours up on the coin value pages before you come in.
Two promises follow from this. We will never tip a mixed lot onto one scale and quote a single bulk number, because that is exactly how a signed piece or a key date coin gets paid as scrap. And if a piece is worth more to a specialist than it is to us, we say so, and you are free to take it there with our notes.
What do I need to bring?
- A valid government-issued photo ID. A driver license, state ID or passport. New Jersey law requires a licensed dealer to record one for every precious metals purchase, so there is no sale without it.
- Everything you might sell, as it is. Flatware, tea sets, jewelry, coins, bars and the pieces you are not sure are real. A free test settles the uncertain ones in seconds, and plate is identified and handed back.
- Nothing cleaned or polished. Tarnish does not lower the price of metal sold by weight, and leaving a piece untouched protects any collector value it carries. Bring it exactly as you found it.
- Complete sets kept together. A full flatware service or a matched tea set can be worth more whole than as separate scrap, so do not split a set before we have seen it.
- Any paperwork you happen to have. Receipts, appraisals, pattern lists, coin holders and grading labels help support value above melt. They are useful, never required.
- No appointment. Walk in during business hours at any of the eight stores. Testing is free and there is no obligation to sell.
That is the whole list. Bring the silver, bring the ID, leave everything exactly as it is, and you will have a real number in front of you inside half an hour.
Eight walk-in stores across Central New Jersey. Free testing, no appointment, same day cash.
📞 Call (732) 483-4145Common questions from silver sellers in New Jersey
Are you silver buyers near me, and what silver do you buy?
Cash 4 Gold Trading Post is a licensed precious metals buyer with eight walk-in stores across Central New Jersey: Aberdeen, Brick, East Brunswick, Farmingdale, Manalapan, Middlesex, Millstone and New Brunswick. Every store buys sterling jewelry, flatware and holloware, silver bars and rounds, bullion coins and pre-1965 90 percent US coinage, tested in front of you and paid in cash the same visit.
How much is sterling silver worth per ounce?
Sterling is 92.5 percent silver, so its metal value is 92.5 percent of the live spot price for each troy ounce of it, and spot is quoted for pure .999 silver. The honest answer therefore changes with the market through the day, which is why we price against the live rate at the moment you sell rather than a printed buy sheet.
Do you buy silverware and full flatware sets?
Yes, sterling flatware is one of the most common things sellers bring us. We check the marks piece by piece, separate sterling from plate, set aside stainless knife blades and weighted parts that carry no silver, and weigh only the real sterling on a certified scale. A full service can hold a surprising amount of metal, so sets are worth the trip.
How do you tell sterling from silver plate?
Sterling is marked 925, Sterling or STER, while plate is usually marked EPNS, Silver Plate, A1 or IS, or carries no mark at all. Marks can be worn or wrong, so anything uncertain goes under the XRF analyzer, which reads the true metal content in seconds without damaging the piece. Plate is identified for free and handed straight back to you.
Does tarnish lower what you pay for silver?
No. Tarnish is a thin surface reaction and the silver underneath is unchanged, so we pay on metal content, not appearance. Bring every piece exactly as you found it. A tarnished sterling tray weighs the same as a bright one, and leaving a piece untouched also protects any collector value it may carry.
Do you buy pre-1965 silver coins?
Yes. US dimes, quarters and half dollars struck before 1965 are 90 percent silver, as are Morgan and Peace dollars, and each is worth far more than face value on metal content alone. Every coin is also checked for a collector premium by date, mint mark and condition before any melt figure is quoted, so a rare coin is never paid out as scrap.
Do you buy silver bars, rounds and bullion coins?
Yes, at all eight stores. We buy bars from one ounce up to 100 ounces, generic rounds, American Silver Eagles, Canadian Maple Leafs and other government bullion. Bullion is verified with the XRF analyzer and priced against the live market that day, and recognized coins and bars from known mints are quick to verify.
What happens to silver plate I bring in?
We identify it for free and hand it back. Electroplated pieces carry only a trace of silver over base metal, so there is nothing meaningful to buy, and we would rather tell you plainly than quote a token number. Sellers regularly discover that a piece they assumed was plate tests as sterling, so bring the uncertain items anyway.
Do I need an appointment, and how long does a visit take?
No appointment is needed at any of the eight stores. Walk in during business hours with your silver and a valid government photo ID, which New Jersey law requires for every precious metals purchase. Most visits run about 15 to 30 minutes, and a large flatware set or estate box takes longer because every piece is checked individually.
How is the silver offer calculated?
Three inputs set the number: the purity of the metal, confirmed by marks and the XRF test, the weight of the real silver on a certified scale, and the live market price at the moment you sell. We multiply those together, apply our buying percentage, and explain the arithmetic out loud so you can follow every step before you decide.
Can I sell gold and silver in the same visit?
Yes, and most people do. Gold and silver are priced separately because they are different markets, but one counter handles both in the same visit, along with platinum, diamonds, watches and coins. Bring the whole drawer rather than sorting at home, because the mixed box usually contains more than the owner expects.
Is my silver worth more than its melt value?
Sometimes, and we check before quoting. Signed and designer sterling, complete flatware services in sought-after patterns, antique holloware with maker marks and coins with collector premiums can all be worth more than the metal inside them. Anything with value above melt is set aside and priced on that value, and you are paid the higher figure.
Where can I sell silver in Central New Jersey?
Cash 4 Gold Trading Post has eight stores across Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties: Aberdeen, Brick, East Brunswick, Farmingdale, Manalapan, Middlesex, Millstone and New Brunswick. Walk in at any location and we will test your silver, weigh it and make a cash offer on the spot, with no fee and no obligation to sell.
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