Monthly Archives: November 2015
Star Trek’s Captain Archer and Enterprise Featured on Coins
The Perth Mint of Australia just released two silver coins depicting Captain Archer and Enterprise NX-01, the commander and starship from the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise.
Officially licensed, each coin is composed in one ounce of 99.9% pure silver to collector proof quality. They are available individually or as part of a two-coin set in special transporter-themed packaging [...]
Gold, Silver Mark 1-Month Lows
Precious metals futures finished lower in their start to the new trading week on Monday. Gold and silver each settled at one-month lows.
Gold for December delivery declined $5.50, or 0.5%, to close at $1,135.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
American Silver Eagle Sales Limit Rises for Second Week
For a second week in a row, the United States Mint is allocating more American Eagle silver bullion coins. The agency has been rationing sales of the coins since their return after temporarily selling out in July.
This week's allocation jumped 13.8% to 1,187,000 coins. Last week's supply edged up 4.4% to 1,043,500 coins from the prior week's amount of 970,000 coins [...]
US Mint Bullion Coin Sales Soften in October
Demand for U.S. bullion products retreated in October from September and from a year earlier, data from the United States Mint shows.
The U.S. Mint's flagship American Eagle bullion coins logged their lowest monthly sales since May. With that said, American Silver Eagles continue to track an annual record and American Gold Eagles by August had already surpassed their sales in 2014 [...]