Precious Metals IRA

With a self-directed IRA through Sterling Trust, you and your clients have the flexibility to invest in certain precious metals - including gold and silver American Eagle coins and other gold, silver, and platinum coins and bullion. A Precious Metals IRA with Sterling Trust offers these distinct advantages:

• IRA set-up fee of $50 and flat annual IRA fee of $75
• Annual storage fee of $150 for safekeeping of precious metals
• No transaction fees for purchases, sales or exchanges of precious metals
• All metals are safely stored with a nationally recognized depository service 
• Secure and segregated custody of all gold coins and bars
• Sterling Trust can only accept metals from either ISO 9000 approved firms, or those firms that are NYMEX or COMEX approved. The firms we currently know of that are ISO 9000 or better are:
  • Golden State Mint
  • Ohio Precious Metals, LLC
  • Pyromet
  • Materion Advanced Materials Technologies and Services Corp.
  • Reliable Silver Sunshine Minting Inc.
  • Wolverine Joining Technologies
  Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this.

• There is a permissible precious metals list. Please refer to the Precious Metals How to Get Started Guide.

In addition, you and your clients can expect knowledgeable service from a team of professionals offering exceptional assistance and understanding by phone, fax and email. Our comprehensive services also include quarterly account statements and online access to view account activity 24/7.

For additional questions, see our Precious Metals IRA How To Get Started Guide.  You may also send an email to our IRA Services Group at:  IRAServices@SterlingTrustCompany.com or call 800.955.3434, option 2.