Monthly Archives: October 2015
Canadian 2015 50c Holiday Toy Box Coin Features 3D Effect
A unique 50-cent coin from the Royal Canadian Mint showcases two different Christmas-themed images as its tilted from side to side.
Appearing as the ninth release from the Mint's annual series of holiday lenticular coins is the 2015 50c Holiday Toy Box Coin. Previous coins in the series sold out.
Designed by Canadian artist Joel Kimmel, the coin's first image is of toys, a closed toy box and wrapped presents as they would appear on Christmas Eve [...]
2017 Lions Clubs Commemorative Coin Designs Recommended
Design recommendations for the two 2017 Lions Clubs Commemorative Coins have been made. Based on reviews, their obverse will feature the club's founder and logo and their reverse will depict lions against a globe.
Candidate silver dollar designs to mark the centennial of Lions Clubs International went under review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee on Thursday, Oct. 8, and by the Commission of Fine Arts on Sept. 17 [...]
Gold Notches 4-Month High; 2015 Silver Eagles Top 38M
Gold and silver futures posted 4 to 4-1/2-month highs Thursday, advancing their winning streaks to nine sessions in ten with five of them in a row. Platinum and palladium climbed for a second straight day.
Gold for December delivery advanced $7.70, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,187.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: Bombay Hook Products Debut
For a second week in a row, sales stats from the United States Mint include new products with designs emblematic of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware.
Last week's report provided sales starts for rolls and bags of Bombay Hook quarters. This week's report offers debuting figures for the quarters in a three-coin set and for the uncirculated Bombay Hook 5 Ounce Silver Coin [...]
Gold, Silver Score Nearly 4-Month Highs
Gold and silver futures notched a nearly four-month high on Wednesday, extending their winning streaks to eight sessions in nine with four of them in a row.
Gold for December delivery advanced $14.40, or 1.2%, to settle at $1,179.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Gold Marks Fresh 3-Month High; US Coin Sales Rise
Gold futures scored a fresh, more than three-month high on Tuesday, extending a string of wins to seven sessions in eight with three of them in a row.
Gold for December delivery edged up 90 cents, or less than 0.1%, to $1,165.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Gold Coin Prices Poised to Rise on Wed., Oct...
Expect the United States Mint to raise prices Wednesday, Oct. 14, on nearly two dozen collectible gold coins.
Current U.S. Mint pricing is based on a weekly average of London gold that's within the range of $1,100.00 to $1,149.99 an ounce [...]
US Mint Limits Weekly Silver Eagle Sales to 1 Million
United States Mint distributors this week can order up to 1 million American Eagle silver bullion coins. They can't buy as many as they want because the U.S. Mint has rationed the 99.9% fine silver coins since temporarily running out of them in July.
One million a week has been a common limit, but it does mark a 7% reduction from last week's supply of 1,075,000 coins [...]
Perth Mint Gold and Silver Sales Soar in September
Australian sales of bullion gold and silver soared in September, the latest figures from the Perth Mint show. Demand for the Mint's silver products was on fire with sales the highest in at least 2-2/3 years. Gold sales, meanwhile, jumped the most in a year.
Perth Mint orders of gold coins and gold bars hit 63,791 ounces last month, surging 91.1% from the 33,390 ounces delivered in August [...]
Bidding Opens for Stack’s Nov Baltimore Currency Auction
Catalogs have been mailed and online bidding has started for Stack's Bowers Galleries' next U.S. currency auction, held in conjunction with the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center from Nov. 5 to 8, 2015.
More than 830 lots across multiple categories of currency will cross the block at Baltimore [...]