Monthly Archives: July 2013
US Mint Sales: Precious Metals Products Up, Great Basin Coin Debut
There was a nice mixing of gold and silver product improvements last week, the latest sales figures from the United States Mint show.
And new to the sales charts this week is the debut performance of the 2013-P Great Basin National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin [...]
Gold Prices Soar in July, US Mint Silver Coin Sales Unmatched
Gold fell for a second session Wednesday, cutting a slice from gains notched earlier this month.
Gold for December delivery shed $11.80, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,313 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Despite the lower close, gold in July soared [...]
US Government Prints 462.4 Million Banknotes in June 2013
The U.S. government printed less money in June than in May, according to newly released figures from the agency responsible for manufacturing U.S. currency.
462.4 million banknotes were printed in June 2013 for a total of $26,212,800,000, data released Tuesday [...]
US Coin Production Tops 6.3 Billion in First Half of 2013
American coin production hurdled atop 1 billion coins for a third straight month in June to end the first half of 2013 at just over 6.3 billion coins, figures from the U.S. Mint show.
The data also revealed mintages of the Great Basin National Park quarter, the third America the Beautiful Quarter released this year with two more ahead [...]
Gold Prices Dip; US Silver Eagle Bullion Sales Rocket
Gold ended lower Tuesday for the second time in three sessions. The loss was modest in a day of narrow-range trading with investors cautiously waiting for Wednesday's start of the Fed's two-day policy meeting.
Gold for December delivery settled down $4.80, or 0.4%, to $1,324.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Gold, Silver Rise 0.5%; US Mint Gold Bullion Coins Gain
Gold and silver settled higher Monday, rebounding from losses on Friday and adding to sizable gains this month.
Gold for August delivery closed higher by $6.90, or 0.5%, to $1,328.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2014 Baseball Coin Reverse Selected, Glove Design for Obverse
Next year the United States Mint will introduce America's first curved coinage with the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins in denominations of $5 gold, $1 silver and 50c clad.
Design selections are proceeding quickly for the commemoratives. Reverse (tails side) designs depicting a baseball officially made an appearance on Friday and a design for the obverses (heads sides) has been recommended [...]
Gold Gains on Week, US Silver Bullion Coins Soaring in July
Gold logged three down days this week, including Friday, yet still scored a 2.2% weekly gain. Silver tracked the yellow metal and advanced 1.6% from a week ago.
Gold for August delivery on Friday declined $7.30, or 0.6%, to $1,321.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Offers Free Shipping for Online Orders
A new special from the United States Mint offers free standard shipping on any order placed online at www.usmint.gov/catalog.
Standard shipping has been $4.95 for several years. That is the amount waved by [...]
109 Tons of Silver Recovered from SS Gairsoppa Shipwreck
Odyssey Marine Exploration's recovery of cargo from the SS Gairsoppa continued this month with 61 tons of silver bullion retrieved from three miles below the surface of the ocean.
In doing so, Odyssey set the world record for the deepest, largest precious metal recovery in history [...]