Monthly Archives: July 2008
Break Bread with Halperin, Raise Dough for ANA
Gold Climbs to 10-Week High, Silver and Platinum Follow
2008 American Eagle Platinum Uncirculated Coins for Sale by U.S. Mint
Uncirculated 2008 American Eagle Platinum Coins were launched today by the U.S. Mint. These 99.95 percent pure platinum coins for collectors bears the "W" mint mark, indicating they were minted at the Mint's West Point facility.
Like their proof counterparts, each coin depicts the final Judicial Branch design from the three-year series entitled The Foundations of American Democracy.
The 2008 platinum coins come in bullions sizes of one ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce and one-tenth ounce. There is also a four-coin set available that includes each coin size.
Gene Hessler to Receive the Farran Zerbe Award
Leon Hendrickson Named Numismatist of the Year
Super-Sized, 10 Kilo 2008 Olympic Gold Coin from China
It's not the largest or heaviest gold coin in the world, but this commemorative Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Gold Coin commands attention. Weighing in at 22 pounds (10 kg), a diameter 7.09 inches (18 cm) and made from .9999 fine gold, the 100,000 legal tender Chinese Yuan coin will cost one cool million to own.
A spectacular price for sure, but is the coin worth its weight in gold? At gold's current spot price of $942.80 an ounce and considering there are 12 troy ounces per troy pound, that puts the coin's bullion value at about $249,000.
It's rare to find any commemorative priced as low as its bullion value. Why?