Monthly Archives: November 2015
Gold, Silver Plunge in November; US Mint Coin Sales Surge
Gold futures rebounded on Monday from an almost 6-year low but they still tumbled 6.7% in November after rallying 2.4% in October.
Gold for February delivery advanced $9.10, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,065.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2015 American Silver Eagles Notch Sales Record
2015 sales of American Eagle silver bullion coins hit an all-time record on Monday, Nov. 30, according to United States Mint figures published on www.usmint.gov.
Consistently high monthly sales led to the record that's now at 44,666,500 ounces. The U.S. Mint is striking the 2015-dated coins through the week of Dec. 7 so the total will continue to grow [...]
2015 Saratoga Quarters Launch in US Mint Products
At noon ET today, Nov. 30, the United States Mint started taking orders for rolls and bags of America the Beautiful Quarters commemorating Saratoga National Historical Park in New York. This quarter features the last of the five designs for 2015 and marks the 30th overall in the series.
While Saratoga quarters launched into circulation on Nov. 16 and were ceremoniously introduced to the public on Nov. 17, many will buy them directly from the U.S. Mint. There's a lot of chance and time involved in finding them elsewhere [...]
2016 Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Designs Revealed
Designs for next year's Mark Twain Commemorative Coins were unveiled today, Nov. 28, at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. They were presented as part of Twain's 180th Birthday Bash.
The coins' obverses or heads side bear portraits of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the famed author who wrote under the pen name of Mark Twain. Reverses feature designs that are emblematic of his life and legacy [...]
Gold Falls for Sixth Week to Near 6-Year Low
Gold futures closed to an almost 6-year low on Friday, tagging their sixth straight weekly decline as a stronger U.S. dollar pressured commodities.
Gold for December delivery declined $13.80, or 1.3%, to settle at $1,056.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: Quarters Set Debuts, Buffalo Gone
Last week the United States Mint released one product, the 2015 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set.
Launched on Nov. 18, the 10-coin set of circulating-quality quarters opened with sales of 11,574. The start is the quickest in the series to date and follows last year's set which posted debut sales of 10,804 [...]
Royal Canadian Mint 2015 Black Friday Specials
The Royal Canadian Mint is running Black Friday specials that include "3 deals." The Mint is advertising the 1-day only promotion on its website and in emails to customers.
Dubbed the "2015 Black Friday Bonanza Promotion" and lasting until Nov 28, 2015 at 3AM ET, the three deals are [...]
US Banknote Production Tops 784.6 Million in October
Money production ramped up in October from a month earlier but slowed from a year ago, data from the agency responsible for producing U.S. currency shows. The combined value of the notes jumped sharply against both periods.
784.6 million in $1s, $2s, $5s, $10s, $20s and $100s crossed printing presses last month for a combined value of more than $26.2 billion [...]
Gold, Silver Little Changed in Pre-Holiday Trading
Most precious metals posted only modest changes in pre-holiday trading Wednesday. Markets in the U.S. are closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday but they re-open on Friday.
Gold for December delivery dipped $3.80, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,070 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2015 Proof Platinum Eagles on Dec. 3, No Bullion Edition
Collectible 2015-W Proof American Platinum Eagles will go on sale Dec. 3 with a surprisingly reduced mintage, the United States Mint revealed earlier today. The U.S. Mint also announced that it would not produce a companion bullion edition "due to a lag in obtaining a sufficient quantity of production platinum blanks."
The struggle in acquiring those blanks has sharply trimmed this year's proof Platinum Eagle mintage. It fell to 4,000 coins from last year's announced limit of 15,000 coins [...]