As Money Gets Tighter, More People Are Selling Gold and Silver

In a 2025 survey, one gold buyer found that financial need ranked among the top reasons that people were selling their precious metals.

Coins displayed at FreedomFest 2024 in Las Vegas on July 11, 2024. Terry Wang/The Epoch Times

PHOENIX—For years, Jakob stacked silver coins and bullion, building his treasure and waiting for the perfect moment to let it go, if that moment ever came.

With prices in late 2025 rapidly rising, money running low, and the holidays approaching, he decided to sell them on Nov. 18 at the current market price of $50.13 per ounce.