There are times of crisis when people get short on cash and need to do something in order to make ends meet. This is why precious metals such as gold, platinum and silver make a good investment at any given time. If you want to either buy or sell such assets, you can find a comprehensive list of Batchelor platinum dealers here.

All companies are listed with all needed details, so that you can get in touch with a customer representative and see what deal you can obtain. You can save many hours of research by using directly our list instead of searching for precious metals dealers elsewhere on the web.

EZ Pawn

1215 N Main St, Opelousas, LA 70570

(337) 942-3011

Plus Pawn A

510 Creswell Ln, Opelousas, LA 70570

(337) 948-7296

Marilyn's Fine Jewelry

122 E Bridge St, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517

(337) 332-6152

Coin Communication

1898 Mills Hwy, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517

(337) 332-9595

Central Station Gold Market

3613 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808

(225) 381-7222

Exclusive Gold & Diamonds

5905 Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70806

(225) 925-0601

Baton Rouge Gold Market

6401 Bluebonnet Blvd Ste 1114, Baton Rouge, LA 70836

(225) 767-3799

Central Station Gold Market

8733 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70809

(225) 928-8333

Coin & Gold Center

10241 Coursey Blvd Ste H, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

(225) 292-5877

Gold Silver & Diamond Exchange

14140 Coursey Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70817

(225) 756-7777

Coin Quest

5734 S Sherwood Forest Blvd Ste B, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

(225) 308-1928

Cash America Pawn

6074 Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70805

(225) 963-5401

Cash America Pawn

7855 Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70815

(225) 963-5359

Cash America Pawn

4747 Plank Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70805

(225) 963-5387

About Buying Platinum From Dealers

Platinum is a precious metal that you can buy on paper in the commodities market, or you can buy it in person from platinum dealers. However you buy platinum, there's no doubt that you can benefit from having it in your investment portfolio.

Investment advisers often recommend that you dedicate 9.5% of your portfolio in so-called hard assets, which includes precious metals like platinum, gold, and silver. Like gold, platinum can cushion your portfolio from inflation and the fluctuations in stock prices.

Platinum has intrinsic value, meaning that it has industrial uses, especially in the car industry where it is used for making diesel autocatalyst. Unlike gold, however, it can quickly change prices depending on the demand by the auto industry, and its accompanying supply (it is rarer than gold and silver). If you are a trader, you can definitely take advantage of this characteristic of platinum as a traded commodity.

However,  if you want to secure your portfolio, you need to buy hard platinum. Your best option is to buy platinum bars because you can get the lowest-priced per-troy ounce that way.

Like gold bars, you need to buy your platinum from a reputable platinum dealers – there are many counterfeiters out there, and you definitely don't want to become a victim.  A standard platinum bar is made of 10 troy ounces of this precious metal, at a purity of 0.9995. You can trade it, or have the dealer store it for you, or you could have it delivered to you.

Aside from bars, you could also buy platinum coins. They come with the same purity as the bars when you buy them from a reputable dealer, but only in smaller sizes.  There are two governments that mint these coins – the Canadian and the US government and they are treated as legal tender and are valued at the amount stamped on them.