Changelog
Changelog
A dated record of what changed, and why.
Published September 14, 2026. Last verified September 14, 2026.
This log records every methodology version, every ranking re-run, every data refresh, and every correction, with the date and the reason. When a “best of the year” ranking is re-run and nothing moves, we publish that too.
- fees
apmex: fee page changed on 2026-09-28; re-verify published numbers before the site figures move.
- fees
birch-gold-group: fee page changed on 2026-09-28; re-verify published numbers before the site figures move.
- fees
goldco: fee page changed on 2026-09-28; re-verify published numbers before the site figures move.
- fees
jm-bullion: fee page changed on 2026-09-28; re-verify published numbers before the site figures move.
- methodology
v1.0: Editorial clarity only: reworded the plain-language description of each dimension's input to remove the internal field reference and read for a general reader. No change to weights, anchors, normalization, or any computed score.
- score
apmex: total unscored to 6.69 (methodology 1.0)
- score
bullionvault: total unscored to 7.67 (methodology 1.0)
- score
jm-bullion: total unscored to 6.45 (methodology 1.0)
- methodology
v1.0-draft: First full normalization draft: per-dimension input field, normalization method, 0 to 10 anchors, and the unscored-not-guessed missing-data rule. Drafted for owner sign-off; not yet effective. Weights unchanged from the 2026-06 rubric and sum to 1.00.
- methodology
v1.0: Signed off and made effective. Weights, inputs, and anchors from the 1.0-draft are frozen as v1.0. No values changed at sign-off; the draft becomes the effective rubric.
- score
birch-gold-group: total unscored to 3.61 (methodology 1.0)
- score
goldco: total unscored to 3.33 (methodology 1.0)
- score
lear-capital: total unscored to 3.33 (methodology 1.0)
- score
ownx: total unscored to 7.28 (methodology 1.0)