The Internal Revenue Service allows many different types of precious metals to be held in Individual Retirement Accounts. The following is a list of coins and bullion products that are permitted.

• Gold
  
  • American Eagle coins
  • Australian Kangaroo/Nugget coins
  • Austrain Philharmonic coins
  • Canadian Maple Leave coins
  • Bars and rounds manufactured by a NYMEX or COMEX approved refiner/assayer or national government mint and meeting minimum fineness requirements
• Silver
  
  • American Eagle coins
  • Australian Kookaburra coins
  • Canadian Maple Leaf coins
  • Mexican Libertad coins
  • Bars and rounds manufactured by a NYMEX or COMEX approved refiner/assayer or national government mint and meeting minimum fineness requirements
• Platinum
  
  • American Eagle coins
  • Australian Koala coins
  • Canadian Maple Leaf coins
  • Isle of Man Noble coins
  • Bars and rounds manufactured by a NYMEX or COMEX approved refiner/assayer or national government mint and meeting minimum fineness requirements
• Palladium
  
  • Bars and rounds manufactured by a NYMEX or COMEX approved refiner/assayer or national government mint and meeting minimum fineness requirements

The following are examples of products that are unacceptable for an IRA