Monthly Archives: January 2015
Gold Advances on Week; US Mint Bullion Coin Sales Slower
Gold ended lower Friday, slipping from a more than five-month high, but it still logged a 1.2% weekly gain.
Gold for February on Friday declined $8.10, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,292.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2015 High Relief Silver Medal Design Candidates
Candidate designs for the U.S. Mint's 2015 High Relief Silver Medal will look very familiar if you've read our earlier article about the 2015 $75 High Relief Gold Coin and its designs. Both sets are nearly identical.
Medals lack the many required elements found on U.S. precious metals coins, like the denomination, fineness, weight, and mottoes of In God We Trust, United States of America, and E Pluribus Unum. As such, the 41 proposed silver medal designs have far fewer inscriptions [...]
Jack Nicklaus Gold Medal Design Candidates Revealed
On Thursday, Jan. 22, the United States Mint unveiled design candidates for the Congressional Gold Medal honoring golf legend Jack Nicklaus.
Public Law 113-210 authorizes the medal in recognition of Nicklaus' service to the nation in promoting excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy [...]
Gold Tops $1,300; Silver Climbs for Sixth Session
Precious metals advanced Thursday, led by silver with gold in the middle yet crossing the $1,300 an ounce resistance level. Gold's gain follows a 50-cent dip on Wednesday, the first time in eight sessions that prices ended lower.
Gold for February tacked on $7, or 0.5%, to close at $1,300.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2015 High Relief Gold Coin Design Candidates
On Thursday, Jan. 22, the United States Mint unveiled 82 design candidates for the upcoming one-ounce, .9999 fine 2015 $75 High Relief Gold Coin and accompanying 2015 High Relief Silver Medal.
Potential eagle and liberty themed designs were given to the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) for their review on Thursday. The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will take them up on Tuesday, Jan. 27 [...]
2015 $5 Gold Eagle Edge Varieties Discovered by NGC
Look at the edges of your new American Eagle gold bullion coins. You may find they're different, based on new findings from the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC).
American Gold Eagles are produced by the United States Mint in sizes of 1 oz, 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz and 1/10 oz. These correspond to [...]
US Mint Sales: 2015 Proof Silver Eagle Rebounds, Gift Sets Debut
U.S. Mint figures show new sales of 2015 gift sets for newborns and birthdays and rebounding sales for the almost three-week old 2015-W Proof American Silver Eagle.
Released on Jan. 13 for $19.95 each, sales of the 2015 Birth Set opened at 2,419 while the 2015 Happy Birthday Coin Set debuted at 1,554. Their starts were quicker than last year [...]
Gold’s 7-Session Win Streak Snapped, Barely
Precious metals were mostly lower Wednesday after climbing in tandem on Tuesday. In earlier trade, gold advanced above 1,300 an ounce for the first time since August but later retreated and snapped a 7-session winning streak.
Gold for February dipped 50 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,293.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Pogue Collection of Coin Rarities Certified; Public Displays
The D. Brent Pogue Collection of U.S. coin rarities has been certified by PCGS and will be jointly presented by Stack's Bowers Galleries and Sotheby's in May in the first of a series of seven auctions, according to the companies.
Assembled over several decades by A. Mack Pogue and his son, D. Brent Pogue, the collection focuses on copper, silver, and gold coins from the early 1790s to the late 1830s [...]
More US Mint Gold Coin Price Increases Likely
For a second week in a row and the second time this year, price hikes on United States Mint numismatic gold coins are likely.
The Mint raised prices just last Wednesday, Jan. 14, when the value of gold jumped within the $1,200.00 to $1,249.99 an ounce range. On Tuesday, gold scored [...]