Gold is worth more than ever. A metals dealer shares 3 tips to keep your stack safe.

Gold is now worth roughly twice as much as it was two years ago.

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• Gold reached an all-time high price this week of more than $5,100 per ounce.
• The value raises the stakes of safely storing personal gold stashes.
• Here are three tips from a metals dealer for keeping gold coins and bars safe.

A recent rally in gold prices has made collectors' stacks of the yellow metal more valuable than ever, bringing fresh urgency to the question of how to keep it safe.