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Golden State Mint

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Golden State Mint is a family-run minting operation founded in 1974, located in Central Florida. They specialise in minting their own silver, gold, and copper rounds, bars, and coins using state-of-the-art equipment, and sell directly to consumers, cutting out the middleman. They are long-standing life members of major US numismatic associations including the ANA and FUN.

Est. 1974 ANA (Life Member #4209 since 1988) FUN (Life Member #551 since 1987) IPMI CCE ICTA Polygon Network (Life Member since 1985) TAMS (Life Member #158 since 1987) NRA (Life Member since 1978) NACA Visit website

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About Golden State Mint

A Family-Run Private Mint Selling Direct to the Public

Golden State Mint is a US private mint and bullion dealer that has been striking precious metals since 1974. It remains a family-run business, headquartered in Central Florida with a registered office in Sanford, Seminole County, and a second production facility in Fullerton, California. The company was incorporated in Florida as Golden State Mint LLC on 1 May 2009, company number L09000042651.

The defining feature of the business is that it mints what it sells. Silver, gold and copper rounds, bars and coins are produced in-house, all newly struck rather than sourced from the secondary market, and sold direct to the public with no distributors in between. Its planchet production methods are designed to minimise metal waste, and alongside retail sales it offers custom minting for private investors, corporations and collectors, plus bullion conversion and bulk production services.

Two house ranges anchor the catalogue. The Silver Shield Collection is the mint's own branded series of .999 fine silver and copper rounds carrying politically and culturally themed designs, sold on a limited-mintage, direct-from-mint basis. The GSM Eagle silver round pairs an American bald eagle obverse with an American flag reverse and is struck in 1/10 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz and 1 oz sizes. Beyond these, it produces silver bars from 1 oz up to 1 kilo, gold rounds, copper rounds, and colourised and antiqued variants, with sizes across the catalogue running from 1/10 oz to 10 oz. Many of its silver and gold products are IRA eligible.

Golden State Mint holds life memberships in several long-standing US numismatic bodies: the American Numismatic Association since 1988, Florida United Numismatists since 1987, and the Token and Medal Society, also since 1987. It is additionally a member of the International Precious Metals Institute, the Industry Council for Tangible Assets, Certified Coin Exchange, and the North American Collectibles Association.

Five Decades from Founding to a Two-Coast Mint

Golden State Mint was founded in 1974 by Jim Pavlakos, and more than fifty years later it is still a family affair: Jim's son Andrew Pavlakos later joined as co-owner and manages the business. The name nods to California, the Golden State, and the company operates a production facility in Fullerton, California, listed under the entity Golden State Mint TAC Inc. Its headquarters sit on the other coast entirely, in Sanford in Central Florida's Seminole County.

The mint's ties to the US numismatic establishment were built up through its early decades. It took life membership of Florida United Numismatists in 1987 as member number 551, joined the Token and Medal Society the same year as life member number 158, and became a life member of the American Numismatic Association in 1988 with member number 4209.

The business moved online early: the earliest archived snapshot of goldenstatemint.com dates to April 2001. On 1 May 2009 the company was incorporated in Florida as Golden State Mint LLC, formalising the structure the business operates under to this day.

Through all of it the model has stayed consistent: a private mint producing its own silver rounds, bars and coins from freshly made planchets and selling them direct from the press to the buyer. That approach produced the house ranges the mint is best known for, the Silver Shield Collection of limited-mintage silver and copper rounds and the multi-denomination GSM Eagle silver round.

Golden State Mint: frequently asked questions

Golden State Mint is a private US mint producing silver, gold, and copper rounds and bars, all newly minted rather than sourced from secondary markets. Its own Silver Shield Collection features limited-edition .999 fine silver rounds with original designs. Available sizes run from 1/10 oz through 10 oz. BullionFerret tracks 109 listings from Golden State Mint across silver and gold lines, including IRA-eligible products.
Golden State Mint was founded in 1974 by Jim Pavlakos (registered as James Pavlakos in Florida company records). It remains a family-run operation: Jim's son Andrew Pavlakos joined as co-owner and continues to manage the business. The company is incorporated as a Florida LLC (company number L09000042651).
Despite its name, Golden State Mint's registered address is in Central Florida (Sanford, FL), in the United States. It also operates a second facility in Fullerton, California. The company has no public showroom and sells direct to consumers online.
BullionFerret currently tracks 109 active listings from Golden State Mint, covering silver rounds, gold rounds, silver bars, and copper rounds. The company has operated continuously since 1974 and its website has been online since at least 2001, indicating sustained production and retail activity.

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