Monthly Archives: April 2015
Gold Ends at April Low; US Bullion Sales Widen
Precious metals returned lower in the mid-week trading session Wednesday, with gold and silver each falling 1.3% after they both gained 0.8% on Tuesday.
Gold for June delivery declined $16.20 to settle at $1,186.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: Ike $1s, and Bess Truman Gold Coins Debut
Highlights from this week's U.S. Mint sales report include first showings of the 2015 Bess Truman First Spouse Gold Coins and products with 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential $1 Coins.
Dollars featuring Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, the five-star general and 34th President of the United States, jumped out of the sales gate [...]
2015 ATB Quarters Uncirculated Set Includes 10 Coins for $12.95
Earlier today, April 22, the United States Mint started accepting orders for its newest annually issued product, the 2015 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set.
Priced at $12.95, this set offers pairings of five unique, one-year only coin designs [...]
Higher US Mint Gold Coin Prices Possible
Gold's narrow trading around the $1,200 an ounce level is yo-yoing prices of United States Mint gold coins. The agency's pricing has changed twice this month, and another round of adjustments could happen on Wednesday.
More than two dozen of the Mint's collectible gold coins may see price hikes [...]
Precious Metals Rebound; US Mint Bullion Coins Rise
Gold, silver and other precious metals rebounded Tuesday. Gold claimed back exactly what it lost a day earlier.
Gold for June delivery rose $9.40, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,203.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2015 Victory Coin from Legacy of the Canadian Nickel Series
The Royal Canadian Mint released the 2015 5-Cent Victory Silver Coin, the third of six issues from its Legacy of the Canadian Nickel series.
Honoring historic 5-cent issues and sold by subscription, each coin of the series depicts a different Canadian nickel used since 1908 [...]
2015 Kisatchie 5 Oz Silver Bullion Coin Launches
Sales of the second 2015-dated America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coin kicked off on Monday, April 20. Featuring a reverse design emblematic of Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana, United States Mint distributors scooped up 23,000 coins by the end of the day. That's a quicker start than the prior 2015-dated bullion piece commemorating [...]
Gold and Silver Drop; US Coin Sales Gain
Gold and other precious metals prices ended lower in their start to the new trading week on Monday.
Gold for June delivery declined $9.40, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,193.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Kisatchie National Forest Quarters Available
At noon today, April 20, the United States Mint released circulating-quality Kisatchie quarters, the second of the five America the Beautiful Quarters for 2015 and the 27th in the series overall. Commemorating the national forest in Louisiana, the quarters are now available in U.S. Mint-branded rolls and bags.
Although Kisatchie quarters launched into circulation on [...]
US Mint Updates Product Status Descriptions
The United States Mint has completed their roll-out of updated status descriptions that are tagged to certain products on their online store. They complement status changes made in December that added some clarity to products that had sold out.
These revised descriptions are in addition to [...]