Tax headache with Gold IRA rollover - anyone else deal with this?

• •I’ve been eyeing up a Roth conversion for a chunk of my traditional IRA, mostly the cash I’ve got parked there, not the physical gold itself.
• •My Gold IRA is set up as an SEP, which as many of you know, allows for higher contributions than a traditional IRA.
• •This whole tax landscape is always shifting, and with 20+ years in the game, I’ve seen my share of changes.

I’ve been eyeing up a Roth conversion for a chunk of my traditional IRA, mostly the cash I’ve got parked there, not the physical gold itself. My Gold IRA is set up as an SEP, which as many of you know, allows for higher contributions than a traditional IRA. This whole tax landscape is always shifting, and with 20+ years in the game, I’ve seen my share of changes. Does anyone have experience moving funds from a SEP Gold IRA into a Roth Gold IRA? I’m trying to figure out the most tax-efficient way to do this without getting hammered, especially with the gains I’ve seen on my gold over the past few years. It's not a huge amount I'm looking to convert – maybe 50k for now – but enough that I want to avoid any nasty surprises come tax season.

I got out of the auto industry here in Detroit a while back, thankfully with a decent pension, but I’ve always managed my retirement savings pretty actively. My portfolio is probably in the $700k range these days, and a good chunk of that, maybe $150k or so, is in physical gold in my IRA. I started building that up back when gold was a lot cheaper, so the gains have been substantial. That’s what makes this Roth conversion tricky – I don’t want to trigger a massive tax bill on those unrealized gains.

My financial advisor (who's decent, but not a Gold IRA specialist) is suggesting a series of smaller conversions over a few years, but I’m wondering if there are any specific strategies or firms that specialize in tax-advantaged gold IRA rollovers people have had good experiences with. I’m always looking at the economic indicators, and with inflation concerns, I feel like getting more of this gold into a tax-free bucket makes sense for my kids down the line. I've been using tools like "Silver vs Stocks" at https://silvervsstocks.goldirablueprint.com/?period=10Y to keep an eye on how silver and gold are performing against the broader market over different periods, and it just reinforces my belief in precious metals.

Any thoughts on navigating the tax implications of converting a Gold SEP IRA to a Roth Gold IRA, especially regarding the valuation of the physical gold for conversion purposes? Or should I just convert the cash and leave the gold where it is until I absolutely need it?