Build a real inventory before you decide anything — what you actually have, what it's worth today, and what (if anything) is worth more than its melt value.
Start freeWhatever the previous owner paid and when is often lost — you're starting from today's value, not a purchase history.
Selling to the first "we buy gold" offer without understanding the collection first is the most common way real value gets lost.
A mix of common bullion and something genuinely scarce looks identical to an untrained eye — without sorting it out, everything gets priced like the least valuable piece.
Weight, purity, type, and condition for each piece — no purchase history required to start tracking properly.
Standard practice for inherited assets — track value from the inheritance date forward.
Photograph everything before any pieces are split among heirs or sold, while the full collection is still together.
See real-time value while you decide what to keep, appraise, or sell — no rushed decisions based on a guess.
Free to start — log what you've inherited and get a real, current valuation.
Start tracking freeYes — log each piece by its current identifiable details (weight, purity, type) and use today's fair market value as your starting cost basis, which is standard practice for inherited assets.
Not before understanding what you have — build an inventory first, identify anything potentially valuable beyond melt value, and get uncertain pieces appraised before selling anything in bulk.
It documents fair market value and detail per piece, which is useful information to bring to a tax professional — it isn't tax or legal advice itself, and inheritance tax rules vary too much by situation to generalize here.