Gold Value of Computer Chips found on
Motherboards & PCB Circuit Boards. Some Vintage Circuit cards are
sought after by collectors as well.
circuit board with heavy gold plating. Depending on their age,
computer motherboards and other electronic circuit boards can also
contain rich gold content made up of gold-plated circuit traces, edge
fingers, connectors, Integrated Circuits, transistors, & memory
chips. Before sending your computer motherboards and gold-laden PCB
cards to the precious metal recycler you should make sure to check for
their collectible value first. Some of these boards are highly sought
after by vintage computer collectors & hobbyists.
Military, aerospace, electronic circuit testers and
telecommunications boards, especially ones from the 1960′s thru the
80′s, often have generous gold-plating of their traces, fingers,
connectors & electronic components than the modern circuit boards
found in today’s electronic devices.