Monthly Archives: January 2014

New from the United States Mint are three annually issued coin sets designed as gifts for newborns, birthdays, and other special events like graduations.

Folders of the gift sets hold the coins where they can be viewed from the front or back, include celebratory artwork and have a personalized writing area [...]

Gold and silver ended lower for the first time in four sessions Tuesday, each giving back 0.5% as investors turned to riskier bets with U.S. stocks rebounding.

In bullion coin news, the United States Mint told its authorized dealers that next week's allocation of new 2014 American Eagle silver coins will fall greatly from the nearly 3.6 million offered this week [...]

It's almost as if visitors to the United States Mint in Denver, Colorado, are subjected to a sort of time warp that takes them from the early 1900's and then to modern day.

In walking up to the building's front, you see the classic Gothic Renaissance structure and are reminded of the days of old. But inside, a different scene quickly emerges with massive machinery, computers, robotics and operations [...]

Gold and silver advanced for a third straight session in the wake of last week's dismal jobs report and tumbling U.S. stocks.

Also on Monday, the U.S. Mint started accepting orders for its new 2014 American Silver Eagle bullion coins [...]

With the supply of silver blanks strained, quantities of 2014-dated American Silver Eagles from the U.S. Mint will remain limited as sales of the bullion coins kick off today, Jan. 13, 2014. Blanks are the round metal discs needed to make the 99.9% pure silver coins.

The bureau this year will continue its allocation program which limits how many Silver Eagles its authorized dealers can buy, estimating about 3.5 million will [...]

The Perth Mint of Australia expands its numismatic offerings for 2014 with the January release of several collector products that are now available for ordering.

Making debut appearances are two new koala silver coins. One is enhanced with gilding and the other is featured in an affordable 1/10 ounce size. Additional offerings include 2014 Year of the Horse products and special occasion coins [...]

Gold and silver prices turned higher Thursday for the first time this week with stronger physical demand providing support.

One-week sales of U.S. Mint 2014-dated gold bullion coins are at 78,000 ounces compared to the 63,000 ounces sold in all of December [...]

Looking at the latest batch of U.S. Mint sales figures, eyes focus on recently sold out or no longer available products, First Spouse Gold Coins and, of course, the new commemorative 2014-P Civil Rights Act of 1964 Silver Dollars.

Mint prices for its gold coins went up last week. Buyers jumped on ordering many of them either before the increases on Wednesday or didn't care about paying more [...]