A stronger U.S. dollar helped push gold lower Tuesday as the yellow metal fell for the third straight day. Joining it were lower prices in silver, platinum, and oil and retreating stocks. In the daily bullion numbers, New York gold, silver and platinum futures declined 3.0 percent, 3.7 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively. May silver [...]
The Odyssey discovery of the "Black Swan" 17-ton gold and and silver coin treasure, its recovery and legal battle with Spain over it will air Thursday, April 2, on the Discovery Channel’s "Treasure Quest." The episode is likely to be the most fascinating of the season, and on Tuesday, excellent background and a preview of [...]
2009 Uncirculated Presidential Dollar Coin Sets will be available for sale beginning Thursday, April 2, at 12:00 noon ET, according to a United States Mint press statement. The 8-coin set is priced at $15.95 and includes four uncirculated coins minted from Denver and four struck in Philadelphia. Each includes the respective "D" or "P" or [...]
Four numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend coin collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s articles: How to Play It ‘Safe’ When Buying Gold By Gail Buckner, FoxBusiness Interest in gold is [...]
Gold prices declined slightly Monday and for the second straight day while silver, platinum, oil and stocks gained. For the daily bullion numbers, New York gold prices declined 0.4 percent. Silver gained 0.3 percent and platinum surged 2.6 percent. May silver climbed 3.5 cents to $13.875 an ounce. April platinum jumped $29.10 to close at [...]
After two weeks of unbending sales figures, 2008 Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse Gold Coins appear to have closed down to a final tally of 12,452 sold. The coins recently went off sale (March 5) when the US Mint launched their 2009 First Spouse Anna Harrison Coins. For the numbers, 4,519 uncirculated and 7,933 proof $10 [...]
With the 2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set released Monday, the United States Mint stopped selling the 2008 State Quarters Silver Proof Set. The latest Mint sales figures indicate 427,511 of the 2008 sets were sold. Generally, sales averaged under 1,400 sets a week for the last several, although the most recent numbers picked up to [...]
The U.S. government in February produced more banknotes for the second consecutive month, according to Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) figures released Friday, March 13. The agency in February printed more $1s, $20s and $100s and the same amount of $10s and $50s as January. No $5s were produced in either month. In total, [...]
Precious metals, stocks and oil all rode a wave of gains for the week. The London gold fixing climbed 2.8 percent. Silver jumped 4.1 percent and platinum surged 5.8 percent. U.S. stocks ended higher for the second straight week. Since last Friday’s close, the Dow rose 0.7%, the S&P 500 climbed 1.6% and the Nasdaq [...]
Bowers and Merena’s Official Auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention in March Includes Choice AU 1870-CC Double Eagle as Part of the Southerly Collection

IRVINE, Calif. – Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, makes its first trip to Baltimore in 2009 for the Official Auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention set for March 24-28.
The auction will take place at the Baltimore Convention Center and begins with lot viewing Tuesday, March 24, to Friday, March 27, followed by the three-session auction on Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m. EDT, and Friday, March 27, at noon and again at 6 p.m. EDT.
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