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Monthly Archives: February 2019

Gold Slips in February; U.S. Mint Bullion Sales Up From One...

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Gold Slips in February 2019; U.S. Mint Bullion Sales Up From One Year AgoPrecious metals ended divided Thursday and in February with gold and silver lower and platinum and palladium higher. Gold's monthly loss was its first since September.

Gold for April delivery slipped $5.10, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,316.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The close was gold's lowest since Feb. 14 [...]

U.S. Mint Launches Glow-In-The-Dark Rocketship For Young Collectors

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U.S. Mint Launches Glow-In-The-Dark Rocketship For Young CollectorsGift-givers have a new option for budding young collectors with the United States Mint's release today of the 2019 Rocketship.

Included in this new collectible are two coins attached to a card shaped like a rocketship. The standable card glows in the dark, adding another fun element for kids [...]

US Mint Sales: 2019 Quarters Silver Proof Set and Lowell 3-Coin...

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Photo of Lowell National Historical Park Quarter Three-Coin Set

US Mint Sales: 2019 Quarters Silver Set and Lowell 3-Coin Set DebutThe United States kicked off sales last week of two collector products -- a 5-coin set of 2019 silver quarters and a 3-coin set of 2019 Lowell National Historical Park quarters. The pair of sets were the U.S. Mint's top weekly sellers.

Released Tuesday, Feb. 19, the three-coin set of Lowell quarters for Massachusetts includes uncirculated quarters from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints and a proof quarter from the San Francisco Mint [...]

Gold Logs Third Loss; Palladium Drops From Record

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Gold Logs Third Loss; Palladium Drops From RecordMost precious metals futures declined Wednesday, led by 2.8% fall in palladium after the precious metal hit an all-time high on Tuesday. Gold finished lower for a third straight session -- a week after registering its highest close in ten months.

Gold for April delivery fell $7.30, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,321.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

Gold Inches Lower; Palladium Marks Another Record

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Gold Inches Lower; Palladium Marks Another RecordMost precious metals gained Tuesday. Palladium added to its streak of record settlements. Gold was alone for the day with its loss.

Gold for April delivery shed $1, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,328.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

PMG Certifies Extremely Rare 1920 Home of Bank of Canada $5...

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PMG Certifies 1920 Home of Bank of Canada $5 NotePaper Money Guaranty® (PMG) has certified the second-known example of the 1920-dated Home Bank of Canada $5.

The issue was previously thought to be unique, with the only example being in the National Currency Collection of The Bank of Canada. The note, recently certified by PMG, is the first and only in private hands [...]

Gold Slips For Second Session, Palladium Hits New Record

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Gold Slips For Second Session, Palladium Hits New RecordPalladium scored yet another record settlement Monday. Platinum also gained on the day. Silver and gold, however, moved lower.

Gold for April delivery declined $3.30, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,329.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

NGC Certifies Rare 1943 Copper Cent Found in Gumball Machine

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1943 1C Bronze NGC XF Details

NGC Certifies Rare Copper Cent From 1943Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC)  has certified a 1943 Copper Cent that was found in a gumball machine decades ago. The 1943 Copper Cent is generally regarded as the most famous of all mint errors.

All 1943 cents were supposed to have been struck in zinc-coated steel so that copper could be conserved for more important uses during World War II. Nevertheless, a few were mistakenly struck in copper (its composition is technically bronze) and found their way into circulation [...]

Apollo 11 Coin Introductory Pricing Ends Feb. 25 at 3:00 P.M....

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Apollo 11 Coin Introductory Pricing Ends Feb. 25 at 3:00 P.M. ETIntroductory prices are ending later today, Feb. 25, for the gold, silver and clad Apollo 11 coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon.

Regular United States Mint pricing for the collector proof and uncirculated coins go into effect after 3:00 p.m. ET.  At that time, each coin's price will rise by $5 [...]

Precious Metals Log Weekly Gains, Palladium Ends at New Record

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Precious Metals Log Weekly Gains, Palladium Ends at New RecordPrecious metals futures bounced Friday from their losses on Thursday. Palladium ended the day at another record. Gold and silver, meanwhile, failed in returning from their multi-month highs on Wednesday but they still gained on the week.

Gold for April delivery rose $5, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,332.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]