The United States Mint started selling bags and rolls of Yellowstone National Park Quarters on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. The coins also began circulating through the banking system on the same day. An official ceremonial release was held on June 3, 2010, near Old Faithful geyser in the national park. The 2010 Yellowstone Quarter is [...]
Oh No, Not Another $800 Gold Forecast ! Good Morning, We closed last week’s columns with a post titled "There’s Got To Be A Morning After.’ It turns out that this morning could turn out to be just such a post ‘the-sky-was-about-to-fall-but-did-not’ morning as regards the debt situation over in Europe. While the outcome of [...]
New York gold futures ended the week at a five-month high — above $1,210 an ounce — and registered a third straight week of gains. Gold rose in large part due to safe-haven buying as concerns over euro-zone debt woes widened. Other metals tumbled on worries industrial demand would weaken should the European crisis spread [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, passed new legislation that would honor American moms with silver dollar coins struck by the United States Mint. The passage comes just days before Mother’s Day, which is held each year on the second Sunday in May. However, when it comes to whether the bill [...]
IRVINE, Calif. — Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, will conduct its Baltimore Auction of World and Ancient Coins and Paper Money as part of Bowers and Merena’s Official Auction of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. This stunning Iranian Choice Uncirculated 1 [...]
There’s Got To Be A Morning After… Good Morning, Following one of the scariest market afternoons in recent (and not so recent) memory, global investors tried to get up, dust off, and get on with it as Friday morning dawned across various time zones. Images of the Dow’s chart, which resembled a cross-section of the [...]
DALLAS, TX – With the final tallies for Heritage’s April 28 to May 3 Milwaukee Central States Numismatic and Currency auctions in at more than $20 million jointly – $16.9 million in rare U.S. Coins and $3.1 million in rare currency – the totals of the two auctions, in combination with the previous week’s Chicago [...]
New York gold futures rallied on Thursday, gaining for a second straight day despite a stronger dollar and tumbling two-month low oil prices. Like a broken record, European Union debt concerns were given credit for driving money toward safe-haven investments, like gold. U.S. stocks were pummeled, with the Dow falling for its biggest intraday day [...]
The latest United States Mint sales report reveals that gold coins, silver eagles and silver proof sets were the hottest products last week. Most other US Mint offerings moved along almost sluggishly.
Bullion American Gold Eagles edged up to 349,000 for the year, and closed April with 60,500 sold. More excitement was found with bullion American Buffalo Gold Coins. They hit 56,500 in their two-day April debut — pulling 48,500 on the first day alone. They are already sitting at 70,000, which is 21.7% of the number sold in their initial 2006 year, 41.8% of their 2007 total, 40.7% of the sales in 2008 and 35.0% of the 2009 level.
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Gold Bug, Or Gold Bugatti? Good Morning, Gold prices recovered nicely following yet another frightening dip — this time to the mid-$1150′s — as bargain hunters (funds, once again) emerged during the Wednesday session and were able to lift the yellow metal back to above the $1170 level by the time the afternoon session drew [...]