Coinflation

What Coinflation does

Coinflation is a privately held, ad-supported web and mobile platform that calculates and publishes the intrinsic metal value of U.S. and select international coins against live precious-metals spot prices. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, the company operates coinflation.com and native iOS and Android apps that bundle calculators for U.S. silver coins, base-metal coins, gold scrap, and silver scrap, alongside reference tables for circulated, proof, and mint-set coinage spanning U.S., Canadian, Mexican, French, English, and Swiss issues. The underlying stack is a long-running PHP/MySQL application with korn shell scripts that refresh melt values from CME Group spot prices and Kitco live metals data every 60 seconds during market hours; the same enterprise-grade pricing feed is shared with over 650 dealers on the Certified Coin Exchange network.

Name

Coinflation

Legal name

Coinflation

Website

https://coinflation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Coinflation, founded in 2004 and owned by Collectors Universe (PCGS parent), provides free web and mobile calculators that compute the live melt value of U.S. and foreign silver, gold, and base-metal coins against CME spot prices for collectors, dealers, and precious-metals investors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Scottsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: All advertising space is coordinated through Google AdWords program. Revenue generated from display advertisements and sponsored content on the website.
2. Affiliate/Referral Revenue: Earnings from eBay partner network when users click links and make purchases. Featured auctions linking to Coinflation generate affiliate commissions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Coinflation operates free web calculators and mobile apps that compute the intrinsic precious-metal (melt) value of U.S. coins (silver, gold, copper/nickel) and foreign coins using live spot prices for copper, zinc, nickel, silver, and gold. The site also publishes U.S. proof set melt values and a real-time spot metals price feed that is licensed to other numismatic platforms.

Product overview

Coinflation is a coin value reference website that measures the metal value of coins — providing calculators and melt values for base metal, gold, and silver coins. The core offering consists of interactive melt value calculators (Silver Coin Melt Value Calculator and Base Metal Coin Melt Value Calculator), live metal price data, and comprehensive reference tables for U.S. circulated coins, gold coins, silver coins, and proof sets. The site also provides country-specific coin value data for Canada, Mexico, France, England, and Switzerland. A mobile app for iPhone and Android bundles the main website features. The platform is owned by Collectors Universe (acquired September 2011) and serves coin collectors, investors, and dealers with informational data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• U.S. Silver Coin Melt Value Calculator
• U.S. Gold Coin Melt Value Calculator
• U.S. Copper and Nickel Coin Melt Value Calculator
• World / Foreign Coin Melt Value Calculator
• U.S. Proof Set Melt Value Reference
• Coinflation iOS Mobile App
• Coinflation Android Mobile App
• Certified Coin Exchange Live Metals Price Feed

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• KitcocoreTechnology or IntegrationKitco provides live metals price data feeds used by Coinflation for real-time gold, silver, copper, zinc, and nickel spot prices. The same live metals price feature is used by over 650 coin dealers on Certified Coin Exchange.
• Certified Coin ExchangecoreTechnology or IntegrationThe live metals price feed used by Coinflation is the same feed used by over 650 coin dealers who conduct business on Certified Coin Exchange, the leading coin/bullion dealer exchange network on the web.
• PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoinflation is integrated into the PCGS ecosystem including PCGS mobile apps, CoinFacts, Price Guide, and Photograde. Collectors Universe (parent company) acquired Coinflation in September 2011.
• CME GroupcoreTechnology or IntegrationCoinflation uses CME (CME Group) prices as the basis for gold value calculations. The CME pricing data provides authoritative spot prices for commodities.
• eBayminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEarnings from eBay partner network when users click links and make purchases. Featured auctions linking to Coinflation are displayed on the site. Also used for buying/selling coins through eBay auction integrations.
• Google AdWordsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAll advertising space on Coinflation is coordinated through Google AdWords program, providing monetization through display and search advertising.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BullionVault: Online physical precious-metals trading platform that publishes live spot prices, market data, and educational content. Comparable pricing-data surface to Coinflation, with a transactional platform layered on top.
• APMEX: The largest U.S. precious-metals retailer, operating an extensive educational content site with live spot prices, melt-value information, and product pages. Overlaps with Coinflation on price data and education, but anchored to a transactional retail business.
• Monex Precious Metals: Long-standing precious-metals dealer and information publisher, offering live spot prices, charts, and educational content. Targets the same retail-investor and collector audience as Coinflation.
• JM Bullion: Major online precious-metals dealer with strong educational content, live spot prices, and metal-weight calculators. Comparable to Coinflation on informational tools but supported by a much larger retail operation.
• Investing.com: Broad financial markets portal that includes comprehensive commodities coverage (gold, silver, copper) with live prices, news, and analysis. Adjacent competitor for precious-metals pricing traffic from retail users.

Emerging players

• SD Bullion: Online precious-metals dealer with educational content, live spot pricing, and metal-content calculators. Competes for the same retail/collector audience with a product-led content strategy similar to Coinflation's.
• NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Company): A competing coin grading service with its own price guide, coin registry, and reference content. Competes for the same collector audience and overlaps with Coinflation's coin-specification and valuation reference data.
• PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service): The leading third-party coin grading service and Coinflation's sister company under Collectors Universe. Operates CoinFacts, Price Guide, and Photograde — overlapping reference data and price-guide functionality with Coinflation for the same collector base.

Direct peers

• Kitco: Kitco is the leading independent precious-metals information site, providing live spot prices, charts, news, and coin/ bullion reference data. Direct competitor to Coinflation in the live-pricing and educational-content layer, and also an existing data partner.
• GoldPrice.org: A free gold and silver price tracking site with calculators and news, targeting the same retail-investor and hobbyist audience. Closest functional peer to Coinflation in terms of product surface and monetization model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/coinflation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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