Listing № 91525 · Laredo, TX
Speedy Gold
Gold & silver buyer in Laredo, Texas
1312 Houston St, Ste 31, Laredo, TX 78040
Buys: Gold coins, Silver coins, Bullion bars & rounds, Whole collections. What they buy & services
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Good for: Scrap gold & jewelry
Speedy Gold is a gold & silver buyer that also buys coins. For a whole collection, rare dates or graded coins, a dedicated coin shop will usually know the numismatic value better.
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What Speedy Gold buys and does
From Speedy Gold's own website (4 pages read). Hover a ✓ to see their wording.
They buy
- Gold coins
- Silver coins
- Bullion bars & rounds
- Whole collections
- Estates & inherited coins
- Gold jewelry & scrap
- Sterling silver
- Diamonds
- Watches
Services
- Free appraisals
- Buys by mail
Pricing & payment
- Pays sellers by
- cash, check, zelle
- Payment timing
- Same day
Specialties: Scrap gold · Broken jewelry · Dental gold · Luxury watches · Diamonds · Gold bullion.
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What recent customers report
We read the 60 most recent public Google reviews (Sep 2025 – Oct 2026) and counted what they mention. We don't republish reviews. Read them on Google ↗
- Recent rating
- 4.9★
- last 60 reviews
- Reviews, past 12 months
- 50
- busy shop
- Owner replies
- 10%
- 1 of 1 one- or two-star
- Customer-reported offers
- 96%
- 22 report fair offers; 1 report low offers, across 23 distinct reviews (reports can overlap)
Praised for
- Fair offers / fair prices21 of 52
- Quick, efficient14 of 52
- Friendly, welcoming7 of 52
- Knowledgeable7 of 52
- Explained the process5 of 52
- Beat other offers3 of 52
Complaints
- Lowball offers1 of 52
- Slow to respond1 of 52
What people brought in
- Gold jewelry & scrap ×7
Sold coins or metal (18)
4 say they compared offers and got the best one here.
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Trust record
Credentials & licenses
- Texas entity (Comptroller franchise-tax record / SOS charter) #0806640460 · Active (right-to-transact code A; SOS status code A) registry ↗
- Texas Crafted Precious Metal Dealer registration (OCCC) #233580 · Active registry ↗
Track record online
Website first archived in 2001 (Internet Archive)
- ◆Operates locations in San Antonio and Laredo, TX.
- ◆Customers can pick Zelle, CashApp, Venmo, cash or check as the payout method.
- ◆Team reports over 15 years of combined experience in precious metal evaluation.
- ◆Buys dental gold.
- ◆Online quote form accepts optional photo uploads of the item.
Source: Speedy Gold's website, read Oct 2026.
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Before you sell here
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Know your metal floor before you walk in.
Gold is — and silver — an ounce right now. Our offer checker compares an offer with metal value and dated examples of published buy prices.
- 2
Know Texas's seller rules.
No Texas state law sets ID, hold-period, or payment rules for an ordinary coin shop buying your coins or bullion bars: the state crafted-precious-metal law expressly excludes coins, bars and commemorative medallions. State rules do apply if you sell jewelry, silverware or other crafted precious metal to a registered dealer (you file a list describing the items with your certification that it is true, the dealer records your driver's license or Texas ID number and reports to police within 48 hours) or sell anything, coins included, to a licensed pawnshop (photo ID, a purchase record, and usually a 20-day hold).
Coins and bars at an ordinary coin dealer: no state hold period, because the state crafted-precious-metal definition excludes coins, bars and commemorative medallions (Occ.
Source: Texas Occupations Code Ch. 1956 (official statute site, HTML) - Subchapter B: Sale of Crafted Precious Metal to Dealers (Secs. 1956.051, 1956.062-1956.066); Secs. 1956.0381-1956.0382 (metal recycling entities), Texas Finance Code Ch. 371 - Pawnshops (official statute site, HTML): Secs. 371.152, 371.174, 371.176, 371.177, 371.182 · All Texas rules
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Call ahead for anything bigger than a few coins.
Ask whether the person who prices collections is in that day, and whether they pay by cash or check or zelle for larger amounts.
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Get a second offer.
Offers on the same coins can differ a lot between shops. Read how to sell a coin collection first if this is your first time.
Questions to ask Speedy Gold
We couldn't confirm these from public sources, so ask before you go:
- What would you pay today for a 1 oz American Silver Eagle, and for $1 face value of pre-1965 silver? (Ask two shops the same question to compare.)