Yearly Archives: 2013

Around the corner are U.S. Mint website improvements to enhance users experience while shopping via the online store, the bureau revealed this week and hinted at last month when it announced its free shipping promotion.

Included in these tweaks are a new shopping cart and an online waiting room that [...]

Sharp gains in precious metals translated into surging numismatic sales of United States Mint coins struck in gold and silver.

American Silver Eagles and ATB 5 oz silver coins racked up sales of 22,237 compared to 13,432 previously. Every product option improved [...]

Gold futures rebounded to close Tuesday at their highest price in two months. The precious metal has advanced in eight of the last ten sessions.

Gold for December delivery gained $6.90, or 0.5%, to end at $1,372.60 an ounce. The settlement price was the highest since June 19 [...]

Precious metals continue to widen their gains in August. As such, another round of price increases appears to be coming Wednesday, August 21, for numismatic platinum and gold coins offered by the United States Mint.

Again, this would include the popular 2013-W Reverse Proof Gold Buffalo that has a shortened four-week ordering window [...]

These new 2014 Year of the Horse Gold and Silver Coins from the Royal Canadian Mint each feature a reverse design emblematic of a horse and its place as one of the twelve creatures in the zodiac.

The Year of the Horse of the Chinese zodiac calendar runs from January 13, 2014 through February 18, 2015. Those born in the year are [...]

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 [...]