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Mining Gold Close to Home

Thursday, November 06, 2008
An image of scrap gold.

Another sign of these hard economic times is the rising interest in trading old jewelry and other scrap gold for cash. NBR correspondent Jeff Yastine reports on some "modern-day gold miners" who have built a business around trading cash for gold.


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  • Cash4Gold
    Cash4Gold is the Pompano Beach, Florida based firm profiled in Jeff Yastine's report.
  • Goldprice.org
    Goldprice.org offers gold and silver price charts as well as information and commentary about about buying gold and silver. This links to a section of the website that talks about "Selling Scrap Gold."
  • Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC)
    The JVC provides "education and self-regulation to the jewelry industry." This links to the "For Consumers" section of the JVC website, which offers tips for selling gold.
  • Money4Gold
    Money4Gold is the Boca Raton, Florida based firm profiled in Jeff Yastine's report.
  • *Clicking these external links will take you off the NBR web site on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.

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