Monthly Archives: November 2010
Gold Prices Rise Slightly, Silver Nears $25
Gold prices inched modestly higher Tuesday as the U.S. dollar declined on continued speculation it would weaken further as a result of the Fed's upcoming plan to bolster the economy. Gold rose 0.5 percent, missing a high of $1,360 an ounce by 10 cents in early trading [...]
PCGS Currency Population Report Now Includes Serial Number Blocks
The newest resource for paper money collectors now is available online.
The population of serial block numbers now is included in the PCGS Currency Population Report, an authoritative listing by grade of more than 250,000 notes authenticated and certified by PCGS Currency (www.PCGScurrency.com) [...]
Santa Clara Coin Expo Kicks Off November 19, 2010
The 2010 Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo will kick off Friday, November 19, and continue through Sunday, November 21.
The expo is open to the public with three-day passes priced at $6 for adults and $3 for seniors. A $3 discount coupon is available online at www.SantaClaraExpo.com [...]
October 2010 Silver Eagle Bullion Coins Surged, Sales Near Annual Record
Sales of American Silver Eagle bullion coins surged in October 2010, breaking a string of four straight monthly declines and reaching near an all-time annual high. It was the best October ever for the series which was introduced in 1986 [...]
Heritage COINFEST Auction Realizes $9.42 Million
Rare U.S. Coins continue to provide for steady, even stellar prices in a crawling national economy, as evidenced by Heritage's $9.42 million COINFEST Signature® U.S. Coin Auction, held Oct. 27-30 at the Marriot Hotel & Spa in Stamford, CT, and by the auction's top lot, a magnificent 1879 Washlady dollar, which brought $161,000 [...]
Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – November 2, 2010
Precious metals markets recorded small gains as they opened for business in New York this morning. Most of the action to the upside in gold was US dollar related (what else is new these days?) as the latter struggled to maintain the 77 level on the trade-weighted index. The yellow metal opened with a $5.30 per ounce gain, quoted at $1,356.60 bid, showing signs that the pre-Fed "certainty" premium was not about to dissipate; certainly not with a weaker dollar still on the scene [...]
Bowers and Merena 2010 Baltimore Auction Features Rare US Coins
Bowers and Merena, one of the world's preeminent auctioneers for rare coins and currency, will conduct the official auction of the November 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.
Scheduled for November 4-5 at the Baltimore Convention Center, the sale will present more than 3,500 lots of important United States coins and currency [...]
Mount Hood Quarter Release Ceremony at World Forestry Center Nov. 17
This month the Mount Hood National Forest Quarter for Oregon will launch, completing this year's release of all five 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters.
The Mount Hood quarter will enter circulation beginning November 15, 2010 -- the U.S. Mint will also offer bags and rolls of the coins on the same day, and the 25-cent piece will be officially revealed November 17, 2010, in a ceremony at World Forestry Center [...]
Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – November 1, 2010
Halloween-induced heart palpitations will prove to have been 'junior league' as the 'mother-of-all-market-weeks' gets underway today. Precious metals continued to benefit from the US dollar's overnight weakness (it basically orbited around either side of the 77 mark on the index) and opened the first session of November on a fairly firm footing, not looking as if corrections of any significant size were in the making
Spot gold bullion started the week off with a 90-cent decline and was quoted at $1,358.90 the ounce. Clearly, a wait-and-see attitude in advance of the Fed, but one that is not willing to give up the recently built-up 'premium' which brought the yellow metal back from the $1,320s up to the mid $1,360s during the past week [...]