Monthly Archives: April 2013

Precious metals were pulverized Friday with gold closing at a 21-month low and silver ending at its lowest price in 28 months.

No metal was spared for the week as a result. Weekly losses stacked to 4.7% for gold, 3.3% for silver, 2.6% for platinum and 2.0% for palladium [...]

"Batter Up! Pitch your coin design today," exclaims the United States Mint as a new contest gets underway. The Baseball Coin Design Competition seeks to find a winning design for the obverse or heads side of 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins.

If the chance of finding your design on an American coin is not enough, the winning artist is awarded $5,000 and [...]

At noon today, Thursday April 11, 2013, the United States Mint released Presidential $1 Coins honoring Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States.

Available product options include varying quantities of circulating-quality Roosevelt $1's in rolls, bags and boxes [...]

Gold rebounded Thursday after plunging in the previous session for its biggest one-day loss in more than five months.

Gold for June delivery bounced up $6.10, or 0.4%, to $1,564.90 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Prices ranged from an intraday low of $1,553.00 to a high of $1,568.10. [...]

Gold tumbled Wednesday as bearish-leaning news broke about the Fed's latest FOMC minutes, Goldman Sachs cutting its price forecasts and Cyprus selling some of its gold reserves.

Gold for June delivery declined $27.90, or 1.8%, to settle at $1,558.80 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The loss was the biggest for a day since [...]

What is a coin die? In the world of Play-Doh, dies would be the plastic shapes kids use to mold their imaginary toys. In the real world at the U.S. Mint at San Francisco, dies create more than 20 million proof coins a year to generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

Before we jump into the photo presentation about how the San Francisco Mint prepares coin dies for minting [...]

Gold closed to its highest price in a week Tuesday after dipping Monday for the fourth time in five sessions.

Gold for June delivery rebounded $14.20, or 0.9%, to end at $1,586.70 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The settlement price was [...]

Gold retreated 0.2% Monday, down for the fourth time in five sessions and on the heels of rallying 1.5% on Friday.

Gold for June delivery dipped $3.40 to finish at $1,572.50 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The precious metal traded from an intraday low of $1,566.60 to a high of $1,582.90 [...]

On Monday, April 8, 2013, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) released the America's Founding Fathers 2013 Currency Set for collectors.

Similar to last year's release, the 2013-dated set is priced at $19.95. It too features a Series 2009 $1 note, having a [...]