The American Buffalo Gold Proof Coin and all First Spouse Gold Coins are poised for prices increases Wednesday, based on the United States Mint’s policy to adjust its numismatic gold products depending on the prevailing price of gold.
The threshold for the US Mint’s current gold coin pricing is based on a London gold Fix weekly average of between $1,300.00 and $1,349.99 an ounce [...]

U.S. gold prices reached a four-week high Tuesday as weakness in the U.S. dollar and heightened inflation concerns added to the yellow metal’s appeal.
April gold prices advanced $9.00, or 0.7 percent, to $1,374.10 an ounce on the Comex in New York — its best closing price since January 13. Gold ranged [...]
The United States Mint today made available rolls and bags of 2011 Kennedy Half Dollars.
The bags are priced at $134.95 and include a face value of $100 — 100 coins from the Philadelphia Mint and another 100 from the Denver Mint.
The two-roll sets are listed at $34.95. Each roll contains 20 Kennedy Halves that [...]

A smaller than anticipated (but still seventh-in-a-row) gain in US retail sales activity dragged the US dollar marginally lower on the trade-weighted index (down 0.09 at 78.56) this morning, and, that data, coupled with rising inflation news out of the UK and China motivated further speculative activity in gold.
The yellow metal has approached the $1,375- $1,385 resistance area; one from which [...]
Full-color images of the 2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coins have been published by the US Mint in preparation for the scheduled February 25, 2011, release.
The Mint has included images of both coins produced as part of the Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Program — the $5 Gold Coin and the Silver Dollar, with both the proof and uncirculated versions of each [...]
Described as "the Holy Grail of Sheldon Cents" and recently purchased by noted collector Pete Miller at public auction, a 1795 Reeded Edge Flowing Hair large cent (S-79) now has been certified PCGS G4 by Professional Coin Grading Service.
Only eight of these coins are known to exist, and the reason for the reeded edge [...]

U.S. gold prices rose slightly on Monday while other metals, silver and palladium specifically, soared.
April gold prices rose $4.70, or 0.3 percent, to $1,365.10 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Prices hit an intraday low of $1,354.40 an ounce and reached a high of $1,367.50 an ounce [...]
The United States Mint on Tuesday, Feb. 8, pulled the proof version of Buchanan’s Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin from its online store and moved it to the ‘No Longer Available’ area of its website.
The US Mint has a published maximum mintage of 15,000 across the proof and uncirculated 24-karat gold coins. The latest available First Spouse coin sales as of Sunday, Feb. 6, show 7,317 of the proof and 4,461 of the uncirculated were sold for a combined tally of 11,778 [...]

Following a retreat to the $1,355.00 area, gold prices picked up fresh hedge fund-sourced steam this morning and climbed to the upper $1,360′s with relative ease, despite that near three-week highs recorded in the values of the US dollar against the European common currency and despite the apparent ebbing of Egyptian turmoil levels.
Spec funds bid gold higher this morning, in part, perhaps, due to the euro’s woes (some see no real progress on the regional debt crisis following today’s summit of European finance ministers) but also on the back of Egypt-like ‘vibes’ coming from some distance from Cairo; Bahrain [...]

U.S. precious metals declined Friday as the U.S. dollar gained ground and after news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned cut into safe-haven gold demand. However, the yellow metal still gained on the week, capping a string of three weekly increases.
April gold prices edged down $2.10, or 0.2 percent, to $1,360.40 an ounce on the Comex in New York [...]