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 Sandy Spring 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.

Reyes Jewelry Exchange

8186 Main St, Ellicott City, MD 21043

(410) 696-7919

Hi Ho Silver Co

3732 Columbia Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042

(410) 992-8900

La Boutique De Mon Amie

3752-3756 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21043

(410) 465-3673

Baltimore Coin & Jewelry Exch

10194 Baltimore National Pike Ste 104, Ellicott City, MD 21042

(410) 418-8282

Baltimore Philatelic Society

3440 Ellicott Center Dr Ste 103, Ellicott City, MD 21043

(410) 465-5712

Jewelry Exchange Of Maryland

501 N Frederick Ave Ste 103, Gaithersburg, MD 20877

(301) 869-1655

Potomac Gold & Silver Jewelry

12118 Darnestown Rd Ste D, Gaithersburg, MD 20878

(301) 330-1001

Gaithersburg Coin Exchange

16 E Diamond Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877

(301) 948-6884

Zemil

701 Russell Ave Ste D229, Gaithersburg, MD 20877

(301) 990-1100

Gold Country Inc

701 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877

(301) 869-0200

SilverWhimsies Jewelry

12817 Pilots Landing Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20878

(301) 948-6284

Silver Spring Jewelry

11205 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20904

(301) 439-4260

Kiss Gold & Diamond International, Inc.

8701 Georgia Ave, Suite 701, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 358-1949

Bonanza Coins

940 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 585-1480

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.