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Current status: no affiliate or advertising relationships. As of October 2026, IRA Gold Coins Guide receives no compensation from any gold IRA company, dealer, custodian, or depository. No page contains affiliate links. When that changes, this page will name the arrangement before any compensated link appears anywhere on the site.

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In the future, this site may accept compensation when readers act on referrals — for example, when a reader contacts a custodian through a link, or downloads a dealer catalog through one. In that event the FTC-required notice will appear here and at the top of the affected page: "We may receive compensation when you open an account with or purchase from companies we link to. Compensation does not influence our guides' statements of rule or our sources."

Editorial independence

• Specs are sourced to primary documents (the statute, IRS publications, mint spec sheets); no company payment can change a sourced spec.
• The desk names no dealer as a recommendation, and describes verifiable checks — custodian product lists, refiner accreditation, written premiums against spot — rather than ranked endorsements.
• Negative findings (premium traps, the vintage-bar problem, proof-coin pitches) are reported from regulators' and exchanges' own documents and stay published.

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Nothing on this site is tax, legal, or investment advice, and no attorney-client or fiduciary relationship is created by reading it. Guides explain published rules; your specific situation — tax bracket, plan type, state taxes, timing — is a question for a qualified CPA, enrolled agent, or attorney.