Monthly Archives: June 2014
Gold Marks Fresh 10-Week High, Silver Gains
Gold prices continued higher Tuesday, closing at a new 10-week high and marking the 11th gain in 12 sessions.
Gold for August delivery added $2.90, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,321.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2014 Arches Quarters Three-Coin Set Available
Today, June 24, the United States Mint began selling 2014 Arches National Park Quarters Three-Coin Sets.
This newest America the Beautiful Quarter Three-Coin Set is the third issued this year and the 23rd in the series. Coins of the set [...]
US Mint Gold Coins Poised for Price Increases
It appears likely that prices of United States Mint gold coins will increase on Wednesday for the second time in June, marking a jump of $100 per ounce of precious metal content compared to the start of the month when the bureau reduced gold coin prices.
Wednesdays are when the U.S. Mint averages gold prices to determine whether it should cut or raise [...]
America’s Founding Fathers Currency Set for 2014
New from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is its latest annually issued America's Founding Fathers Currency Set. Like in past years, the limited-edition set offers two notes featuring matching serial numbers that begin with the year, in this case "2014."
This year's currency set has the following two notes from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis [...]
Gold Inches Up, US Mint Shenandoah Bullion Coins Temporarily Sold Out
Precious metals started the new trading week on Monday with very narrow changes. Gold gained the most, up 0.1%, to close at a fresh nine-week high.
Gold for August delivery settled up $1.80 to $1,318.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Government Prints 617.9 Million Banknotes in May 2014
More money was printed by the U.S. government in May than a month earlier and the combined value of the notes was sharply higher, data from the agency responsible for producing U.S. currency shows.
617.9 million in $1s, $5s, $20s $50s and $100s were made last month for a total value of just over [...]
Code Talker Chester Nez Dies at 93
Chester Nez, the last of the original 29 Navajo code talkers and winner of the Congressional Gold Medal, passed away this month at the age of 93.
During World War II, Nez and other members of his tribe were recruited by the United States Marine Corp to develop a secret language [...]
Gold Rallies on Week, Silver Soars, US Mint Gold Coin Sales...
Gold moved slightly higher on Friday, adding to sharp prior-session increases that helped drive prices to a 3.3% weekly gain and to the best close in nine weeks.
Gold for August delivery climbed $2.50, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,316.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2014 50th Anniversary Kennedy Sets are $9.95 and $99.95
Pricing is now known for two of the three anniversary products that celebrate the Kennedy half-dollar semicentennial.
Earlier in the week the United States Mint added the upcoming two-coin clad set to its product schedule with a price and today a public notice listed pricing for the four-coin silver set [...]
2014 Lake Erie Silver Coin Third in Canadian Great Lakes Series
Offered as the third release in a series of 99.99% silver issues showcasing the Great Lakes is the proof 2014 Lake Erie 1 oz Fine Silver Coin.
Similar to past issues, the Lake Erie silver coin offers an interpretation of a bathymetry map of the lake with colored enamel representing the water [...]