June 2010

Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants, Caesar marched over them, Napoleon rode across, ladies and gentlemen were carried across in chairs, but the Grossglockner High Alpine Road enables the crossing from the province of Salzburg to Carinthia in the south by motorcar, bus, motorbike or even bicycle, and that over Austria’s highest mountain — the [...]

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The Pain in Spain Falls Mainly On… Good Morning, Well, nobody expected an inquisition in…Spain, again. Yet, that is exactly what throngs of financial media reporters did following rumours of a Greek-style bailout package being prepared on behalf of the country by the IMF/EU teams. The media’s chief weapons; persistent questioning of the authorities, as [...]

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New York gold futures advanced the most in a week on Tuesday, benefiting from a weaker dollar and a touch of haven buying. Gold rose the least of the precious metals, however, climbing 0.8 percent while silver and platinum both added 0.9 percent and palladium soared 2.8 percent. The metals were not alone in daily [...]

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Debuting last Thursday, the 22-karat 2010 American Eagle Gold Bullion Fractional Coins are off to a brisk pace according to the most recent coin sales figures released by the United States Mint.

2010 American Eagle Gold Bullion Fractional Coins

An impressive 310,000 were sold during the first five days amounting to 48,500 ounces of gold. A look at the individual coins sales are shown below:

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DALLAS, TX — More than 4,250 bidders lined up to take part in the offerings of Heritage’s June 3-6 Long Beach Signature® U.S. Coin Auction, sending a remarkable 1866 $1 Motto PR67 Cameo NGC, CAC to the top of the pile with a $69,000 final price in an auction that saw solid bidding across the [...]

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Taking longer than anticipated based on a blazing start, the United States Mint has sold all but 1,200 of its inventory of 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Proof Silver Dollars. [Editor's note: This article was updated from the original published version to include revised sales figures following earlier U.S. Mint numbers which indicated that [...]

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Alarmed Belski Good Morning, Gold prices stabilized near the $1220 price per ounce marker following the Greek debt downgrade by Moody’s yesterday, however neither it nor the euro appeared to take off in opposite directions with any serious vigor after the announcement. While it is too early to state the currency, bond, and metals markets [...]

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Only hours remain until the United States Mint stops selling a range of products released last year that include rolls of 2009 Lincoln cents and three annual sets containing the pennies. The US Mint first published its "Last Opportunity" or "Last Chance Sale" back in May. The sale contains two major cut off dates for [...]

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(Beaumont, Texas) — A new book by award-winning numismatic author Mike Fuljenz, Indian Gold Coins of the 20th Century, looks at the history of the popular Indian Head design $2.50 ("Quarter Eagle"), $5 ("Half Eagle") and $10 ("Eagle") denomination gold coins, and provides useful information and expert advice for collecting some of America’s most beautiful and [...]

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The Miners Who Stare At Goats Good Morning, Safe-haven oriented gold demand ebbed at the start of the new trading week as improved risk appetite diverted fund flows into other assets. The reverberations from the consumer confidence indicators that lifted equities markets late last week coupled with the far better than anticipated figures of Eurozone [...]

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