Monthly Archives: June 2014
Gold Soars 3.3% to Top $1,300; Silver Surges 4.4%
Gold and silver prices soared Thursday, boosted by safe-haven demand, short covering, and U.S. dollar weakness.
Gold for August delivery rallied $41.40, or 3.3%, to end at $1,314.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Michael Fuljenz Presented Press Club Awards
Michael Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin & Bullion, received four awards this month in the 23rd annual Excellence in the Media competition conducted by the Press Club of Southeast Texas.
Recognized for his consumer education and protection writings about precious metals and rare coins, the Press Club awarded Fuljenz with [...]
Herbert Hoover Presidential $1 Coins in Rolls, Bags and Boxes
At noon today, June 19, the latest release in the Presidential $1 Coin series became available from the United States Mint in rolls, bags and boxes.
This dollar, the 31st issued in the $1 program and the third this year, honors Herbert Hoover who was the 31st President of the United States of America and served from 1929 to 1933 [...]
Gold, Silver Edge Higher; US Mint Coin Sales Advance
Gold prices returned to positive territory Wednesday, clocking gains in seven of the last eight sessions.
Gold for August delivery edged up 70 cents to settle at $1,272.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Chinese Coins a Highlight at June 2014 Long Beach Expo
Attendees of the June 2014 Long Beach Expo, held June 5 to 7, included more than two dozen of the top rare coin experts from mainland China and Hong Kong.
Long Beach Expo officials added that dealers and collectors who brought their Chinese coins to the show for free appraisals had an "enthusiastically positive" response [...]
US Mint Sales: Arches Quarters and Coins Debut
Last week the United States Mint introduced seven products featuring Arches National Park, the third of the five 2014-dated designs from the series of America the Beautiful Quarters and five ounce silver coins.
Orders for the 2014-P Arches Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin opened at 21,301 from Thursday to Sunday. The starting pace is the quickest of any [...]
Gold Snaps Winning Streak Even as US Inflation Rises Sharply
Gold prices retreated Tuesday for the first time in seven sessions and from a three-week high even as a report showed US inflation rose sharply in May.
Gold for August delivery dipped $3.30, or 0.3%, to finish at $1,272 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Heritage to Offer Part I of Eugene H. Gardner Collection
The first of a four-part collection of rarities from numismatic legend Eugene H. Gardner crosses the auction block in a Heritage sale held June 23, 2014 at The Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion in New York.
Part I of the The Eugene H. Gardner Collection offers more than 600 lots of mostly federally issued coins that are largely from 18th and 19th centuries [...]
US Mint Coin Production in May; Franklin D. Roosevelt $1 Mintages
For a third month in a row and for the fourth time this year, circulating coin production in the United States topped 1 billion coins, U.S. Mint data for May shows.
Also revealed were mintages for the Franklin D. Roosevelt $1, the last of this year's four Presidential $1 Coins [...]
Gold Gains for Sixth Session, Silver Advances
Gold advanced for a six straight session to start the new trading week on Monday, and prices logged in at a new 3-week high.
Gold for August delivery rose $1.20, or 0.1%, to close at $1,275.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]