Monthly Archives: June 2019
Gold Soars 10.3% in First Half of 2019; US Mint Silver...
Most precious metals climbed Friday, padding their weekly increases. Gold not only moved ahead on the day and week, it posted exceptionally sharp gains in June, for the second quarter, and in the first half of 2019.
Gold for August delivery on Friday tacked on $1.70, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,413.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
American Legion Silver Dollar and Medal Set Unavailable
The United States Mint's American Legion 100th Anniversary Proof Silver Dollar and Medal Set is no longer available. The set's product page now has it listed as "currently unavailable" with a "Remind Me" option to sign up to receive an email notice if more become available.
Looking at the U.S. Mint's latest sales data through the week ending Sunday, June 23, it shows that 9,665 of the available 10,000 sets had sold [...]
NGC Announces Unique Label for US-Canada ‘Pride of Two Nations’ Set
The US Mint has announced the Pride of Two Nations 2019 Limited Edition Two-Coin Set, which will go on sale July 3. It combines a 2019-W US Silver Eagle with an Enhanced Reverse Proof finish and a 2019 Canadian One Ounce Silver Maple Leaf with a Modified Proof finish.
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) is celebrating the coins in this set with a special label featuring the flags of the US and Canada, as well as a special pedigree of Pride of Two Nations. There is no additional fee for the label or pedigree [...]
Apollo 11-Flown Medal, Graded by NGC and CAG, Highlights Third Armstrong...
An extremely rare gold medal that traveled with the astronauts on the famous Apollo 11 mission to the moon highlights a July 16-18 auction that coincides with the mission's 50th anniversary. Collectibles Authentication Guaranty® (CAG) has certified that the hundreds of artifacts in the sale are from the Armstrong Family Collection™, which comprises items saved by astronaut Neil Armstrong -- the first man to walk on the moon -- and his immediate family members.
Other important items in the sale include a spacecraft plate from the Apollo 11 spacecraft, a flightsuit from the Space Race era, pieces from the pioneering Wright Flyer airplane and even Armstrong's childhood teddy bear [...]
Gold Dips for Second Day After Reaching Near 6-Year High
Aside from palladium, precious metals futures declined Thursday. Gold edged lower for a second straight session -- two days after closing at a nearly six-year high.
Gold for August delivery lost $3.40, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,412 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Legend’s 33rd Regency Auction Held June 27 in Las Vegas
Continuing apace for the year with its fourth Regency Auction of 2019, the June 27th auction is being held at the PCGS Members Show at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas and features 514 lots of hand selected, high end, quality rare coins.
Anchored by three named collections as a backbone, the selection of coins is diverse and begins in the earliest of federal issues and goes to classic 20th century issues [...]
Perth Mint Gold Bullion Sales in May Drop to 25-Month Low
Sales of Australian bullion products slowed in May, for a second month in a row, figures from The Perth Mint of Australia show.
The Mint's silver sales registered at a three-month low while its gold sales logged in at the lowest level in 25 months [...]
Gold Falls For First Time in Five Sessions, Slipping From Near...
Gold futures finished lower Wednesday. The loss was a first in five sessions and comes after the yellow metal closed Tuesday at an almost six-year high.
Gold for August delivery declined $3.30, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,415.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Experts: Beware of Scams as Gold Prices Surge
With the recent, rapid jump in the price of gold, investors should beware of scam artists trying to lure them with urgent claims of too-good-to-be-true low prices and quick, guaranteed bullion market profits, cautions leaders of the Accredited Precious Metals Dealer (https://apmddealers.org) program, a division of the nonprofit Professional Numismatists (www.PNGdealers.org).
"Don't make a hasty decision based on slick advertisements. Don't make any purchase until you have shopped around and learned the competitive prices from reputable, accredited dealers," advised Robert Brueggeman [...]
US Mint Sales: Set of War in the Pacific Quarters Debuts
The United States Mint kicked off sales last week of one product for collectors -- a three-coin set of 2019 War in the Pacific quarters for Guam. The set was the U.S. Mint's second best weekly seller.
Released Tuesday, June 18, the three-coin set includes uncirculated quarters from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints and a proof quarter from the San Francisco Mint [...]