Gold futures fell for a seventh straight session Friday as the U.S. dollar soared to a nearly three-year high. Gold prices have now plunged $109, or 7.4%, since last closing higher on May 8.
On Friday, gold for June delivery declined $22.20, or 1.6%, to settle at $1,364.70 an ounce on the Comex in New York [...]
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Collectors like their Silver Eagles. Placing an exclamation point on that statement are the latest sales figures from the United States Mint.
Released on May 9, 2013 for $139.95, the 2013 American Eagle West Point Two-Coin Silver Set has one-week sales of 193,652. As expected, its daily sales pace is beginning to slow just like daily sales for last year’s Silver Eagle set from San Francisco [...]
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Mark another round of legislation proposing up to 400,000 silver dollars in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day.
In recent years, every new session of Congress has seen a bill with pretty much the same language and same title, the Mother’s Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act [...]
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A limited-edition currency set with two $2 Federal Reserve notes made its sales debut earlier today, May 14, 2013.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) released its unique 2013 $2 Double Deuce Set for $34.95.
Included for the price is a Series 2003A $2 banknote printed for [...]
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United States Mint coin production in April soared above the previous month and from the same time last year.
Newly released figures from the U.S. Mint also provide mintages for the Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial quarter and the William Howard Taft Presidential $1 Coin [...]
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Collectors were challenged Thursday in early attempts to place orders for the highly anticipated 2013 American Eagle West Point Two-Coin Silver Set.
Complimenting the set’s creation but also antagonizing some buyers wanting it, massive ordering slowed and stymied visitors to the U.S. Mint’s online catalog with [...]
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Annual sets and proof Silver Eagles were top sellers for the United States Mint, according to the bureau’s latest weekly sales figures.
Three products debuted last week. No shocker here, the 2013 Silver Proof Set saw most of action with opening sales of 166,710 between its release on Thursday and Monday [...]
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Newly released data from the United States Mint offers first glance sales figures for the 2013 Silver Proof Set.
Collectors ordered 166,710 between its launch on Thursday, May 2, through to Monday, May 6. That is comparable and perhaps a touch better than [...]
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A new one ounce Silver Proof Coin and Stamp Set from the Perth Mint and Australia Post celebrates the 100th anniversary of Australia’s first banknote.
The first Australian currency banknote, the ten shilling denomination, is depicted in color on the reverse of the silver poof coin, which is shaped like a note [...]
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United State Mint sales of bullion coins soared in April, a standout for a month that tends to be historically slower for the 27-year-old American Eagle gold and silver coin series.
Demand for physical bullion surged last month as gold and silver prices plummeted. Sales of both [...]
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