Monthly Archives: August 2013

Gold retreated to start the new trading week Monday, snapping a string of three straight daily gains and after rallying 4.5% last week.

Gold was not alone with losses. Silver fell for the first time in eight sessions following a soaring pick up last week of 14.3% -- its best weekly increase since September 2008 [...]

For a fourth month in a row and for the fifth time this year, American coin production topped 1 billion coins, U.S. Mint data for July shows.

Also revealed were mintages for the 2013 Woodrow Wilson Presidential dollar, the last of this year's four Presidential $1 Coins [...]

Precious metals rallied on the week with silver the main star, soaring 14.3% for its fourth straight weekly gain and its best performance in nearly five years. Gold jumped 4.5% from a week ago, rising in seven of the last eight sessions.

As for Friday, gold for December delivery gained $10.10, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,371 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

There appears a strong possibility that the United States Mint could temporarily suspend some of its silver products for collectors and eventually raise their prices.

There is no set formula published by the U.S. Mint that offers collectors a look into how it [...]

Thursday, August 15, the United States Mint released its 2013 Presidential $1 Four-Coin Sets.

Buyers have a choice of two products, one filled with coins from the Philadelphia Mint or one completed with dollars from the Denver Mint.

In each are circulating quality examples of [...]

Debuting earlier this week was the 2013 Liberty Intaglio Print, the final of three cards from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Ideals in Allegory series.

This year's series is dedicated to female allegorical figures that represent peace, justice and liberty [...]

If you've seen the 2013 Reverse Proof American Gold Buffalo up close and you can scrape together the cash, it's hard not to buy one.

I was fortunate to see several trays of them in early June while touring the West Point Mint for its 75th anniversary [...]

Thursday was bullish for precious metals with the U.S. dollar lower and safe-haven demand in full force as U.S. stocks plunged for a second day and violence escalated in Egypt. Gold soared to a seven-week high and silver notched a sixth straight day of gains to close near $23 an ounce.

Gold for December delivery rallied $27.50, or 2.1%, to finish at $1,360.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

New from the Royal Canadian Mint is the 2013 25c Barn Owl Coin, the 12th release in the Birds of Canadian series.

This coin features attractive imaginary depicting a Barn Owl against the background of its natural habit [...]

Three new U.S. Mint products debuted last week. Stealing the thunder and continuing to on a daily basis is the 2013 Reverse Proof Gold Buffalo.

Released last Thursday, sales of 26,905 by Tuesday more than doubled the regular proof version which climbed 524 in a week to 12,821. Worth noting [...]