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 Strawberry 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.

Taylor Jewelers

13769 Mono Way, Sonora, CA 95370

(209) 288-4518

Sonora Jewelry

94 S Washington St, Sonora, CA 95370

(209) 694-4760

Washington Street Jewelers

199 S Washington St, Sonora, CA 95370

(209) 813-4669

Calaveras Coins & Jewelry

253 S Main St, Angels Camp, CA 95222

(209) 736-2646

Calaveras Coins & Collectibles

1263 S Main St, Angels Camp, CA 95222

(209) 736-2646

Calaveras Gold & Silver Exch

1219 S Main St, Angels Camp, CA 95222

(209) 890-3159

Gold Prospecting Adventures

18170 Main St, Jamestown, CA 95327

(209) 984-4653

Trassare Jewelers

38 Main St, Jackson, CA 95642

(209) 223-3801

Cozy Collectibles

69 Main St, Sutter Creek, CA 95685

(209) 267-0957

Gold Rush Trading Post

4998-B 7th Street, Mariposa, CA 95338

(209) 966-3600

Lake Tahoe Coin Jewelry & Loan

3452 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

(530) 541-4653

Simpson's Jeweler's

4000 Lake Tahoe Blvd Ste 26, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

(530) 544-6171

Jm Pawn Loan and Jewelry Inc

262 S Yosemite Ave, Oakdale, CA 95361

(209) 322-3468

Cash 4 Gold: B&T Metals

484 Main St. #9, Diamond Springs, CA 95619

(530) 409-5548

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.