LIVE GOLD DATA
Buy Gold Bars From a Bank?
Mostly not in the United States: on the large banks' own websites we found no gold bars listed for sale. Gold is $4,197.40 per troy ounce as of October 9, 2026, and that live number is what every bar is measured against, whoever sells it and wherever you shop.
Gold spot price (XAU/USD), US dollars per troy ounce
$4,197.40 / troy oz
$134.95 per gram of pure gold · 1 oz bar $4,197.40
▲ +1.54% today · +6.25% past year
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THE SHORT ANSWER
Can you buy a gold bar from your bank?
If you hold an account at one of the big US banks, the practical answer is probably no. We looked for gold bars on the sites of Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo, and we found no page on any of them offering a bar for sale. What Chase does publish is an educational article about gold for beginners, and that article points readers toward a vetted source such as an authorized purchaser of the US Mint rather than toward the bank's own branches. Our full write-up, can you buy gold from a bank, lays out what we searched, what we read and what we could not confirm.
That is a finding about web pages, not a ruling about every branch in the country. A CBS News report dated 2026-10-01 says some US banks sell gold bars and coins, and it suggests asking your local bank. It names no bank, so we cannot send you to one, and we have not found a community bank or credit union that we could confirm. If you want to test your own bank, call and ask four things: whether it sells bars at all, what price over spot it would quote in writing, whether it buys back, and how it delivers or stores the bar. The same CBS report adds that a bank's inventory is limited next to specialist online dealers.
Elsewhere the picture changes. The Royal Canadian Mint's page on buying from a bank lists several Canadian banks that sell, and CIBC's own page describes gold bars in 1 oz and 1 kg sizes. In parts of Europe, savings banks and cantonal banks sell small bars at the counter. Even in the US, one online bank, EverBank, has a coins page: it offers gold coins, not bars, through an account that opens at $7,500. Most US readers who want a bar end up in one of two other places: a retailer with an online shop, such as Costco, or a dealer, whether a local coin shop or an online or phone dealer. Our list, banks that sell gold bars, shows each bank with its source and the day we read it.
BANKS
Which banks sell gold bars, and when we checked
| Country | Bank | Status | What we found | Source and date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo | Not found | We searched their sites and found no page offering gold bars for sale. Chase publishes an education article on gold, which is not an offer. | Chase's gold article Read |
| United States | EverBank | Sells | Coins only on the page we read: gold, silver, platinum and palladium coins through a coin account that opens at $7,500. The page does not mention bars. | EverBank's coins page Read |
| Canada | CIBC | Sells | Gold bars in 1 oz and 1 kg sizes, plus coins. Online orders are capped at CA$9,500 per 24 hours; buy-back only with the receipt and if CIBC still sells the item. | CIBC's page Read |
| Canada | TD Canada Trust | Sells | Gold, silver and platinum bars and coins, online, in branch or at TD's currency-exchange counters. This is TD Canada, not TD Bank in the US. | TD's page Read |
| Canada | Scotiabank | Stopped | The Mint's guide says Scotiabank stopped offering precious metals in early 2021. An older Scotiabank page may still describe bullion; treat it as unavailable and ask. | the Mint's guide Read |
| Switzerland | UBS (key4 gold) | Clients only | A gold product for clients domiciled in Switzerland: co-ownership of gold in collective custody, with physical bars available to order. Not for US residents. | UBS's page Read |
Each row in this digest comes from a bank's own page where we could read one, with a link to it and the date we read it. The status word is a short label for what that page showed on that day: some banks offer bars, some offer only coins, some stopped, and some serve clients only. A row for the large US banks says we found no offer, and it should be read exactly that way, as a statement about what we found and not as the bank's own policy.
The read date matters because bank pages change quietly. A product that is on the page this month can be gone by next quarter, and a third-party list that was right last year may be wrong now. That is why we put a bank's own page ahead of any outside summary, and why we do not repeat claims we could not confirm. Open the full list of banks that sell gold bars to see every row, including Canada, Switzerland, Germany and Austria, and the short list of things we could not verify.
BAR PRICES
What a gold bar costs at today's price
| Bar | Grams | Troy oz | Gold value at spot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 gram | 1.00 | 0.0322 | $134.95 |
| 5 grams | 5.00 | 0.1608 | $674.75 |
| 10 grams | 10.00 | 0.3215 | $1,349.50 |
| 1 troy ounce | 31.10 | 1.0000 | $4,197.40 |
| 100 grams | 100.00 | 3.2151 | $13,495 |
| 10 troy ounces | 311.03 | 10.0000 | $41,974 |
| 1 kilogram | 1,000.00 | 32.1507 | $134,950 |
| 400 troy ounces (bank bar) | 12,441.39 | 400.0000 | $1,678,960 |
The table shows spot value: the gold in the bar, weighed at the live price per troy ounce, before any seller adds a premium. A 1 oz bar holds $4,197.40 of gold at spot today, and a kilo bar holds $134,950. A seller's price will be higher, because the seller covers the refiner's cost, packaging, insurance and a margin. The gap between the table and a quote is the premium, and it varies by seller, by size and by the day.
We print nobody's premium. Instead, the premium checker on the price page does the arithmetic for you: choose a size, type the price you were quoted, and it shows how many dollars and what share over spot that price represents. As a labelled example only, not a quote from anyone, a seller adding 4 percent to a 1 oz bar would ask $4,365.30. Use the checker to compare any quote with the live number before you pay. The gold bar price page has the checker and the reasons smaller bars cost more per ounce, and how much a gold bar is worth explains why the price you pay and the price you would get back are different numbers.
If you are weighing a purchase far above the price of one bar, the button below requests a free information kit from Augusta Precious Metals, and Augusta then phones you. Augusta states a $50,000 minimum, which puts one bar well out of its range.
WHERE BARS ARE SOLD
Where people actually buy bars
| Where | What you get | Buy-back | Checking the price | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A bank (where one sells) | A bar or coin ordered through a branch, online banking or an account, from a bank that offers it. | Varies. Some banks tie it to the receipt and the bar's condition. Ask in writing. | Ask for the price for the exact bar and compare it with spot times weight. | Few banks offer bars; an account or residency is often required. |
| A big-box retailer such as Costco | A small range of sealed, branded bars and coins ordered online by members. | Costco's pages list precious metals as non-refundable, and a dealer source says Costco does not buy back. | Compare the listed price with spot times weight using the checker. | Purchase limits, no returns, narrow choice of sizes. |
| An online bullion dealer | A wide range of sizes and brands, shipped insured. | Many publish a buy-back price; some do not. Ask before you order. | Get quotes for the same bar from more than one dealer and compare the gap over spot. | Shipping and payment terms; sellers you cannot look up. |
| A local coin shop | Bars in hand, often the same day, with a person to ask. | Dealers commonly quote a separate buy price. Ask for it with the sell price. | Ask for the sell and buy price for the same bar and compare each with spot. | Range and prices differ from shop to shop. |
| A phone dealer (such as Augusta) | A salesperson walks through options and the order is placed by phone. Larger minimums are common. | Ask for the buy-back policy in writing before you agree. | Ask for the total in writing and compare it with spot times weight. | Unsolicited calls, urgency, minimums. Augusta states a $50,000 minimum. |
The table sets five routes side by side: a bank, a big-box retailer, an online dealer, a local coin shop and a phone dealer. None of them is right for everyone, and the right one depends on how much you want to buy, how soon, and whether you may want to sell later. A bank, where one sells, offers the comfort of a regulated name but usually a narrow range. A dealer offers range and a buy-back price, but you must judge the dealer yourself.
Costco is the route most readers ask about, and its pages are specific enough to read. Costco sells gold bars online to members, and the listings we read on 2026-10-09 included a 1 oz bar from PAMP Suisse and a 10 g bar from Argor-Heraeus. Costco's pages say precious metals are non-refundable, which matters if you change your mind. Everything we found about the listings, the return policy and the purchase limits is in our guide to Costco gold bars. If you are ready to follow a process from choosing a size to checking the bar when it arrives, read how to buy gold bars. If you want the routes compared on one page, with the questions to put to any seller, start with where to buy gold bars.
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The button requests a free information kit from Augusta Precious Metals, and Augusta then phones you; it states a $50,000 minimum, so it is not a place to buy a single bar.
GUIDES
Every guide on this site
Banks
Where to buy
Bar prices
The guides fall into three groups. The first covers banks: whether they sell, whether they buy back, and whether a bar is safe in a safe deposit box. The second covers buying: where to shop, how to check a quote, how to tell if a bar is real, and how to read the size and brand on the bar. The third covers sizes and prices, from a 1 gram bar to a 400 oz vault bar, all tied to the same live gold price at the top of this page.
Every price on this site is calculated from that one feed and stamped with the time it was read. When we write that a bar is worth a certain amount, it is the weight of gold at spot and nothing more. When a number is a premium, it is the reader's own arithmetic, or it is marked as an example.
HONEST LIMITS
What this site can't tell you
We cannot tell you what your bank will quote, because we do not know your bank's policy, and a branch can differ from its website. We cannot tell you what a dealer will charge today, because no premium is printed here, and we cannot tell you where gold goes tomorrow. We make no predictions and offer no view on whether to buy or sell. What we can do is give you the live number, the arithmetic, the sources we read and the dates we read them, so that any quote you receive can be tested against something you can see, whether it comes from a bank teller, a warehouse club or a dealer on the phone.
One more limit is worth saying plainly. Augusta Precious Metals is the one dealer we feature, and the site is paid when a reader requests its information kit. That does not change the arithmetic on the page, and it does not change the honest fit: Augusta states a $50,000 minimum, and at today's price that is about 11.9 ounces of gold. One 1 oz bar costs far less than that, so Augusta is not the place to buy a single bar. If you want one bar, the banks, Costco and local or online dealers described above are the places to look.
QUESTIONS
Questions people ask
Can you buy gold bars from a bank in the US?
Usually not from the large banks. We looked for gold bars on the sites of Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo and found no page offering them. CBS News says some banks do sell bars and coins but names none, so call your own bank, ask for a written price, and ask about buy-back.
Does Costco really sell gold bars?
Yes, online and to members. The listings we read on 2026-10-09 included a 1 oz PAMP Suisse bar and a 10 g Argor-Heraeus bar. Costco's pages describe precious metals as non-refundable and set purchase limits that change, so read the current page before ordering and compare the price with the live spot value.
What is a gold bar worth right now?
At the live price, a 1 oz bar holds $4,197.40 of gold, and the kilo bar holds $134,950. That is spot value before any premium. A seller adds its own margin on top, and a buyer who later resells usually receives less than the seller's asking price. Use the price page to check any quote.
Where do banks that sell gold bars operate?
Mostly outside the US. The Royal Canadian Mint's page lists Canadian banks that sell, and CIBC's own page describes 1 oz and 1 kg gold bars. In Europe we read pages from savings and cantonal banks. Each appears, with its source and read date, in the dated bank list.
Is Augusta Precious Metals a place to buy one bar?
No. Augusta states a $50,000 minimum for cash and IRA purchases, and one 1 oz bar costs far less. Its button on this site requests a free information kit, after which Augusta phones you. It suits a larger purchase and is not a route for buying a single bar.