Yearly Archives: 2013

In saying a final farewell to the Canadian penny, the Royal Canadian Mint set aside the last million pennies produced for circulation, placed them within special commemorative wrapped rolls and made them available to the public.

Limited to 20,000 worldwide and one per household, collectors can buy a 50-coin roll of [...]

Baseball is the theme of a new series of coins now available from the Royal Canadian Mint. 2013 World Baseball Classic™ Commemorative Coins include four fine silver and three pure gold coins that encompass officially licensed products of the 2013 World Baseball Classic tournament [...]

Gold declined Tuesday for the first time in three sessions.

Gold for April delivery lost $2.90, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,673.50 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The level was nearer the session's trading low of $1,667.20 an ounce. The high came in at $1,687.00 an ounce [...]

U.S. Mint annual coin production jumped last year, extending a string of yearly increases to three.

The United States Mint produced over 9.3 billion coins for circulation in 2012. That marks an increase of more than 1.1 billion coins, or 13.9%, from the 8.2 billion struck in 2011 [...]

Gold prices advanced for a second straight session Monday, but silver slipped after surging the most among precious metals last week.

Gold for April delivery edged up $5.80, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,676.40 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Trading occurred between [...]

The Perth Mint of Australia closes out the Dragons of Legend five-coin series with the release of the 2013 European Green Dragon 1 Ounce Silver Proof Coin.

Like the previous four issues, the European Green Dragon Coin is minted from one ounce of 99.9% pure [...]

January sales of American Eagles soared to record or multi-month highs as increased demand for precious metals and the release of 2013-dated bullion coins attracted aggressive buying.

Not only was there no better January in the American Silver Eagle's 27-year history, there was no better month. As for American Gold Eagles [...]

Precious metals rebounded Friday from weighty losses incurred on the previous, final trading day in January.

The gains secured weekly increases for three metals. Advancing were gold at 0.9%, silver at 2.4% and palladium at 2.1%. Platinum remained in the red and the outlier as it dropped 0.4% from a week ago [...]

The Perth Mint of Australia has released the 2013 Australian Year of the Snake Five Ounce Silver Proof Coin as another offering in its popular Lunar Series II program.

This proof coin is struck from five ounces of .999 fine silver and features the Perth Mint's annual Year of the Snake design [...]