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 Sparta 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.

Michigan Gold & Diamond Exchange

1656 44th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508

(616) 827-2222

Great Lakes Gold Rush

3081 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512

(616) 805-4355

Atlantic Gold Exchange

3081 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512

(616) 805-4355

Instant Cash Advance

6233 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids, MI 49548

(616) 249-0600

The Gold And Silver Exchange

3323 Mall Dr, Grand Rapids, MI 49512

(616) 575-9157

Instant Cash Advance

3945 Plainfield Avenue NE, Suite A, Grand Rapids, MI 49525

(616) 364-8888

Great Lakes Gold Rush

2751 Alpine Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49544

(616) 551-1524

Grand Valley Gold & Silver

6750 Kalamazoo Ave SE Ste I, Grand Rapids, MI 49508

(616) 656-2700

Gold & Silver Exchange

3323 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512

(616) 957-9180

Jade Rare Coin

200 Ottawa Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

(616) 742-0134

American Coin and Jewelry

Call for new location, Grand Rapids, MI 49525

(616) 951-1080

Jeweler's Workshop Ltd

1624 Leonard St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504

(616) 288-4436

Wyoming Outlet

3261 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids, MI 49548

(616) 241-4336

Baribeau & Sons

953 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

(616) 541-2452

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.