14k Gold Price Per Gram

14k white gold price per gram

White gold is worth exactly what yellow gold is worth. The colour comes from the alloy and the plating, neither of which changes the gold content.

14k gold, per gram

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Spot price - /g fine

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Melt value

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A buyer typically pays

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70 to 85% of melt

Same gold, different alloy

14k white gold is 58.3% gold, the same as 14k yellow. The remaining 41.7% is where they differ: white gold uses palladium, nickel, silver or zinc instead of the copper that makes yellow gold warm. Melt value depends only on the gold fraction, so the two are worth the same per gram.

Most white gold is also rhodium plated to get the bright cool finish people expect. Rhodium is more expensive than gold by weight, but the plating is microns thick and worth nothing at resale.

Why yours has gone yellow

When rhodium plating wears through, the slightly warm alloy underneath shows and the ring looks dull or faintly yellow. This is normal wear, not a sign of fake gold, and replating costs very little at a jeweller.

If you are selling, do not bother replating. It adds nothing to the melt value.

Palladium white gold is worth slightly more

A small caveat to the identical value rule. Nickel based white gold alloys carry no meaningful extra value, but palladium based ones contain a genuinely valuable platinum group metal. A refiner assaying a large lot may pay a little above the gold only figure. For a single ring, nobody will make the distinction.

14k white gold price per gram by weight

Priced against the live spot figure. Melt is the metal value; payout is what a gold buyer typically offers.

14k gold value by weight in grams
Weight Fine gold Melt value Buyer pays
1 g 0.58 g - -
2 g 1.17 g - -
3 g 1.75 g - -
3.5 g 2.04 g - -
4 g 2.33 g - -
5 g 2.92 g - -
6 g 3.50 g - -
7 g 4.08 g - -
7.5 g 4.37 g - -
8 g 4.67 g - -
9 g 5.25 g - -
10 g 5.83 g - -
14 g 8.17 g - -
20 g 11.67 g - -
30 g 17.50 g - -
40 g 23.33 g - -
50 g 29.17 g - -
85 g 49.58 g - -
100 g 58.33 g - -

Gold price per gram by karat

Every purity priced from the same live spot figure, so the columns are directly comparable.

Karat Hallmark Purity Per gram Per pennyweight
24k 999, 9999, 24K 99.9% - -
22k 916, 917, 22K 91.7% - -
18k 750, 18K 75.0% - -
14k 583, 585, 14K 58.3% - -
10k 416, 417, 10K 41.7% - -
9k 375, 9K 37.5% - -

Common questions

Is white gold worth less than yellow gold?

No. Both are 58.3% gold at 14k, so the melt value per gram is identical. Any price difference you see at retail is about manufacturing and finishing, not metal.

Does the rhodium plating add value when I sell?

No. The layer is only a few microns thick and is not recovered in refining.