Melbourne is part of Florida's Space Coast, in Brevard County — long associated with the aerospace and defense industry around Kennedy Space Center and Patrick Space Force Base. Buyers here are often comparing gold against other tangible-asset options, and the same statewide Florida tax exemption applies in Brevard County as everywhere else on this list.
As of an August 2025 change to Florida law, gold, silver, and platinum bullion is sales-tax-exempt at any purchase size, and U.S. legal-tender coins are always exempt — the same statewide rule covers Melbourne and every other Florida city. See our full Florida buying guide for the details and citations.
Rather than list unverified local shops, we recommend Goldco: an A+ BBB-rated dealer with a published buyback guarantee and a direct-purchase option that ships insured to Brevard County without requiring a retirement account. Read our full reasoning for why we chose them.