Monthly Archives: December 2014
New Zealand’s Newly Designed Money for 2015 and 2016
Currency in New Zealand is about to get a major upgrade as part of a "Brighter Money" initiative undertaken by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
Under the initiative, $5s, $10s, $20s, $50s and $100s will be pulled from circulation over the next two years and replaced with [...]
Gold Retreats but Stays Atop $1,200; US Mint Gold Coins Rise
Gold continued its back and forth daily shifts on Thursday, falling slightly after advancing in the prior session yet hanging firmly above $1,200 an ounce.
Gold for February delivery shed a dollar, or less than 0.1%, to close at $1,207.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Lucky Money $100 Dragon-Phoenix Circle of Fortune Notes Available
Representing unity and harmony, another new lucky money product from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is its $100 Dragon-Phoenix Circle of Fortune.
Released Wednesday, Dec. 3, this product is similar to the just introduced Year of the Goat $1 Note in that it also has a "lucky" serial number [...]
US Mint Sales: Core Annual Sets and Kennedy Products Lead
Brand new products were not in play for the period covered in the latest United States Mint sales report. That'll be the case for the next couple of weeks without a scheduled release until Dec. 16.
The Mint's most recent product, the 2014 American $1 Coin and Currency Set, launched two weeks and quickly captured the attention of collectors after they heard about its enhanced uncirculated Native American dollar [...]
Gold Advances Above $1,200; Silver Dips
Gold prices ended higher in the mid-week trading session on Wednesday, reclaiming $1,200 an ounce for a second time this week after having not settled above the mark for more than a month.
Gold for February delivery turned up $9.30, or 0.8%, to $1,208.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
WWI Centennial Commemorative Coin Act Passes House
On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the United States House of Representatives passed the World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act.
The bill, numbered H.R.2366, calls for up to 350,000 silver dollars in year 2018 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice with Germany ending World War I battlefield hostilities [...]
Year of the Goat Lucky Money $1 Notes Available
Earlier today, Dec. 3, 2014, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) started selling its latest lucky money product featuring uniquely serialized Federal Reserve notes.
To celebrate the Year of the Goat and honor the Chinese Lunar New Year, the BEP has printed uncirculated $1 notes bearing serial numbers beginning with "8888." The product is further limited to 88,888 units [...]
Perth Mint Gold and Silver Bullion Sales Mixed in November
Demand was mixed last month for Australian bullion products with silver sales higher and gold sales lower, new figures from the Perth Mint of Australia show.
Bullion sales were registered in a backdrop of divided precious metals prices as London fixings in November marked gains for gold and losses for silver [...]
2014 Kennedy 50c and American $1 Set Sales as of Nov....
Another round of United States Mint sales figures are out and they show updated totals for the three 50th Anniversary 2014 Kennedy Half-Dollar products and the more recently issued 2014 American $1 Coin and Currency Set.
Weekly gains for the Kennedy half-dollar products returned to about where they were prior to the sales spike when the Mint lifted household ordering limits on Nov. 17, although the [...]
Gold Returns Below $1,200 as Dollar Rebounds, US Mint Silver Coins...
Gold prices moved sharply lower Tuesday, giving back nearly half of the prior session's gains and returning to below $1,200 an ounce.
Gold for February delivery dropped $18.70, or 1.5%, to end at $1,199.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]