Course Content
Precious Metals Foundations
Learn the core basics of the precious metals industry, including metals, products, pricing, and how the market works.
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Types of Precious Metals
Spot Price and Market Basics
Common Products for Precious Metals Dealers
What Is Hedging?
Karats
Industry Terminology You Must Know
Valuation & Authentication
Learn how to correctly value and verify precious metals using real-world methods and tools.
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Calculating Melt Value
Understanding Premiums and Spreads
Basic Testing Methods
Sigma and XRF Testing
Spotting Fakes and Red Flags
Negotiation & Sales
Develop the skills to present offers, handle objections, and close deals with confidence in real-world situations.
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Understanding Your Customer
Presenting an Offer Clearly
Handling Price Objections
Building Trust Fast
Closing the Deal
Hedging Like a Pro
Communication
Calculating Melt Value Understanding Premiums and Spreads Basic Testing Methods Sigma and XRF Testing Basics Spotting Fakes and Red Flags
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Communicating on the Phone Like a Pro
Qualifying Callers
Giving Quotes Over the Phone
Face-to-Face Customer Service
Explaining Testing and Pricing in Person
Handling Difficult Clients
Digital Communication
Compliance, Security & Professionalism
Understand legal basics, risk awareness, security practices, and the professional standards employers expect.
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Legal Basics and Recordkeeping
Fraud and Suspicious Behavior
Store Security Awareness
Ethics in the Precious Metals Industry
What Employers Actually Look For
Safes and Vaults
BONUS
EXTRA BONUS LESSONS
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Handling Coins
Protected: Precious Metals Career Accelerator

Handling Coins

How you handle precious metals says everything about your level of professionalism. A single fingerprint on the wrong coin can cost your employer real money. In this lesson you will learn the correct way to handle coins, how to store and protect them, how to distinguish retail friendly condition from imperfect material, and how to weigh jewelry accurately. These are hands-on skills that separate trained professionals from untrained ones from the very first day.

Part 1: Coin Handling, Flips, and Sleeves

Learn the correct way to pick up, examine, and store coins. You will learn how to use coin flips and sleeves properly, why they matter, and how improper handling can damage a coin’s grade and reduce its value significantly.

 

Part 2: Retail Friendly vs. Imperfect and Weighing Jewelry

Understanding the difference between retail friendly and imperfect condition is critical when buying and pricing material. You will also learn how to weigh jewelry correctly, a fundamental skill you will use every single day in this business.

 

What You Will Learn

  • How to pick up and examine coins without damaging them
  • How to use coin flips and sleeves correctly
  • The difference between retail friendly and imperfect condition and why it affects pricing
  • How to weigh jewelry accurately on a scale
  • The professional habits that protect inventory value and signal competence to your employer

Remember

Every coin you touch is someone else’s asset. Every piece of jewelry you weigh is the basis for a transaction that affects your employer’s bottom line and a customer’s trust. Handle everything like it matters, because it does.

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