Yearly Archives: 2012
Grover Cleveland’s Second Term Presidential $1 Coin Available
Grover Cleveland won two non-consecutive Presidential elections, and now the $1 coin honoring his second term is available. The United States Mint released new Grover Cleveland Presidential $1 coin products on Thursday, November 15, 2012. These circulation quality coins are available in rolls, bags and boxes.
These latest strikes celebrate Grover Cleveland as the 24th President of the United States [...]
Gold Prices Retreat $16, Silver Falls 21 Cents
Gold declined Thursday for the second time since November 5 as the U.S. dollar firmed and the World Gold Council reported that gold demand weakened in the third quarter.
Gold for December delivery fell $16.30, or 0.9%, to $1,713.80 an ounce on the Comex in New York [...]
US Mint Sales: Sharp Gains Across Numismatic and Bullion Coins
Holiday shopping, last chance sales and newly released numismatic products lifted U.S. Mint sales for week-over-week gains that were handily the best this year.
141 numismatic products outperformed their prior weekly sales compared to the 69 noted last week. The seven days of expanded sales was the best showing this year [...]
Debut Sales Strong for Denali 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin
Starting demand was solid for the newly released 2012-P Denali National Park and Preserve Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin.
The Denali silver coin is a collector version with an uncirculated finish and "P" mint mark, and it represents the fifteenth issued in the series of America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins [...]
Gold and Silver Continue Higher, US Gold Coins Rise
Gold continued higher Wednesday, adding to gains that began a week ago Monday.
Gold for December delivery edged up $5.30, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,730.10 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Intraday prices ranged between $1,720.50 and $1,734.10 [...]
2012-W Uncirculated American Gold Eagle Sold Out
The 2012-W $50 Uncirculated American Gold Eagle unexpectedly sold out this week, joining the 2012-W Proof American Silver Eagle coin which is also no longer available as of Tuesday.
Collectors may be less surprised about the Silver Eagle since it has been available since April and sell outs around November have occurred in past years. But the American Gold Eagle had expected to [...]
2012-W Proof American Silver Eagle Sold Out
Last chance holiday gift-shopping at the United States Mint for the 2012-W Proof American Silver Eagle is off the table.
On Tuesday, the proof Silver Eagle was labeled "sold out" and its buying options were removed. Interested collectors who still want one or more for [...]
Gold Retreats, Silver Eagle Coin Sales Top 31M
Gold retreated Tuesday after an unchanged reading from the previous day that followed a five-session winning streak where the yellow metal logged its biggest weekly increase since January.
Gold for December delivery declined $6.10, or 0.4%, to close at $1,724.80 an ounce on the Comex in New York [...]
US Mint Coin Production Tops 1 Billion in October 2012
For the first month since early into the Great Recession, U.S. circulating coin production topped 1 billion coins, United States Mint data for October shows.
Levels compared to the previous month were down a bit for nickels but sharply higher across pennies, dimes and quarters -- more of the recently released Denali National Park quarters [...]
Gold and Silver Rally on Week, Soaring Gains for US Bullion...
Precious metals scored bullish gains this week with advances of 3.3% for gold, 5.7% for silver, 0.9% for platinum and 1.9% for palladium.
Gold's weekly gain was the first in five weeks and the biggest since late January. Silver had not posted a weekly increase since the end of September. The two precious metals were matched by sharply higher sales of U.S. Mint gold and silver bullion coins [...]