Five troy ounces of .999 fine rhodium in a single Baird & Co bar, serial numbered and sealed with its assay. The largest rhodium bar we stock, and the size where a stamped bar starts paying for itself on resale. Priced live, shipped fully insured.
Buy a 5 oz rhodium bar refined and stamped by Baird & Co of London — five troy ounces of .999 fine rhodium in one serial-numbered bar, sealed with its assay. This is the largest rhodium bar we carry, and at this weight the choice between a minted bar and loose sponge stops being about a few percent of premium and starts being about how you get your money back out.
Bar Specifications
- Weight – 5 troy oz (155.52 g).
- Purity – .999 fine rhodium.
- Refiner – Baird & Co, London, refining since 1967.
- Form – minted bar.
- Markings – refiner name, weight, fineness, unique serial number.
- Packaging – sealed, tamper-evident, with assay.
Why a Bar Rather Than Sponge at This Size
Loose rhodium sponge costs less per ounce because nobody has cast, stamped or assayed it. That saving is real, and on small quantities it is the sensible trade. At five ounces the arithmetic shifts, because sponge frequently has to be melted and assayed before a buyer will take it — and the cost of doing that comes out of your sale, not the buyer’s.
A sealed Baird bar avoids that entirely. Dealers recognise the mark, the serial number ties the bar to its assay, and an unopened tamper-proof package answers the authenticity question before it is asked. The fabrication premium you pay at purchase is, in effect, prepaying the verification cost you would otherwise meet at sale. That is the honest case for bars over sponge, and it gets stronger the more ounces are involved.
Where 5 oz Sits in the Range
- 1/2 oz rhodium bar – the lowest entry cost into stamped rhodium.
- 1 oz rhodium bar – the benchmark unit, priced directly against spot.
- 5 oz rhodium bar – the lowest premium per ounce of any bar we stock.
If you want maximum metal per dollar and intend to hold rather than trade, sponge remains the cheaper route. This bar is for buyers who want scale and a clean exit.
How Rhodium Has Behaved
Rhodium peaked near $30,000 an ounce in early 2021 before falling back sharply over the two years that followed. That is the range this metal moves in, and it is worth understanding before you buy five ounces of it. The swings come from a very small market: rhodium is recovered as a by-product of platinum and palladium mining, overwhelmingly in South Africa, so supply cannot respond quickly to demand in either direction.
We are not going to tell you where the price goes next. Nobody credible will. What we can tell you is that the market is thin, the moves are violent in both directions, and position size should reflect that.
What Rhodium Is Used For
Like platinum and palladium, rhodium’s primary application is catalytic converters for cars and trucks, which consume the great majority of world supply and never return it to the investment market. Beyond that it is alloyed with platinum and palladium to raise resistance to corrosion and aggressive chemicals, and jewellers plate it in thin layers over white gold and silver to prevent tarnish and lift the finish.
Buying Rhodium from Dave & Co Metals
Every rhodium bar for sale here is priced live against the market rather than held at a fixed rate, so the figure you see is the current one. Orders ship fast, discreet and fully insured, tracked to your door in sealed packaging. Browse all rhodium bars or the full rhodium range, and when you want out, we buy rhodium back directly through Sell to Us.
Before You Buy
Rhodium is not IRA-eligible in any form — the IRS approves only gold, silver, platinum and palladium for precious metals IRAs. Keep the bar sealed: breaking the tamper-proof package removes the single strongest piece of evidence you have when you sell, and on a five ounce bar that is an expensive thing to give away.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much rhodium is in a 5 ounce rhodium bar?
Five troy ounces, 155.52 grams, at .999 fineness.
Why choose a 5 oz bar over five 1 oz bars?
One bar carries a lower premium per ounce than five separate ones. The trade-off is flexibility: you cannot sell half of it.
Is a rhodium bar better than sponge?
Both are .999 rhodium, so the metal is identical. Sponge is cheaper per ounce but often needs melting and assaying before resale; a sealed, serial-numbered bar does not.
Should I open the packaging?
No. The tamper-proof seal links the bar to its assay and is what dealers rely on when buying it back.
Can I hold a rhodium bar in an IRA?
No. The IRS approves only gold, silver, platinum and palladium.
How volatile is rhodium?
Considerably more so than gold or silver. It reached almost $30,000 an ounce in 2021 and fell hard afterwards. The market is small and moves sharply in both directions.
