May 2010

2010 Boy Scouts Uncirculated Silver DollarNow that the United States Mint uncirculated 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollars have officially sold out, most would expect that their interest on the secondary markets would increase. Apparently, at least for now, that is not the case.

eBay auctions reveals that collectors appear unwilling to fork over significant premiums for most uncirculated 2010-P Boy Scouts commemorative coins, which up until recently were available directly from the United States Mint for $35.95.

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2010 American Silver Eagle Bullion CoinThe United States Mint’s bullion 2010 American Silver Eagles continue to move like hot cakes, posting their second best sales number ever for an April.

US Mint buyers scooped up 2,507,500 of the one ounce, .999 fine silver pieces during the month.

However, April’s demand was down from that of March, which remarkably ended with a new quarterly sales record. March 2010 sales registered at a whopping 3,381,000.

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$800 Gold Prediction. No, A Zero Is NOT Missing. Good Morning, Sunday night’s initial price trend in precious metals was one of modest declines. The US dollar remained above the 82-mark on the trade-weighted index, while the euro did not immediately benefit from the announcement that Greece’s debt had been granted the reprieve that we [...]

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DALLAS, TX — There can be no doubt as to the continuing strength and ever-growing interest in the World Coin market after Heritage Auction Galleries April 21-22 Signature® World Coin Auction at the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF) brought almost 3350 bidders to the table and realized a stunning total of more than $5.2 million. [...]

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New York gold jumped to its highest price in five months on Friday, marking a weekly gain of 2.3 percent and very bullish 5.9 percent April increase. The yellow metal garnered safe-haven buying, driven by the wider euro zone debt crisis that was prominently highlighted this week by Standard & Poor’s credit ratings downgrades of [...]

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