Monthly Archives: February 2017
US Mint Sales: 2017 Quarters Silver Proof Set Debuts
Last week, the United States Mint introduced a set of silver proof quarters commemorating national sites in Iowa, D.C., Missouri, New Jersey, and Indiana.
The silver set posted early sales of 43,538, registering the weakest start in the product line to date [...]
NGC Releases Second Generation of Certified Rolls
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation has updated its certified rolls, the grading service announced. Its latest holder features a new design with enhanced security and label options.
Able to hold 20 American Silver Eagles or 20 Chinese Silver Pandas, the transparent rolls are [...]
Gold, Silver Log Third Straight Session of Modest Losses
Gold and silver futures declined for a third straight session Wednesday, though their losses for the days each combine to only 0.7%.
Gold for April delivery shed $5.60, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,233.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2017 Kennedy Half-Dollars Released in Rolls and Bags
Honoring the 35th President of the United States, rolls and bags of 2017 Kennedy Half-Dollars are now available from the U.S. Mint.
These coins are produced to circulation-quality at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints with pricing for a two-roll set of 40 coins at $32.95 and bags of 200 coins at $139.95 each [...]
Precious Metals Little Changed; US Mint Bullion Sales Rise
Precious metals futures ended from flat to nearly unchanged in their start to the new trading week on Tuesday. U.S. markets closed Monday for Presidents Day.
Gold for April delivery dipped 20 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,238.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Penny Costs 1.5 Cents to Make in 2016, Nickel Costs 6.32...
The overall price of producing U.S. circulating coins fell for a fifth straight year even as the cost of making cents and nickels remained above their face values for an eleventh year in a row, the United States Mint disclosed in its recently published 2016 Annual Report.
The unit cost to produce, administer and distribute the 1-cent coin totaled 1.50 cents compared to 1.43 cents from a year earlier [...]
NGC Certifies Unique 2005 Silver Maple Leaf Error
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) certified a unique and rare mint error, a Canadian 2005 $5 Silver Maple Leaf (SML) struck on a planchet intended for smaller silver dollars.
Produced annually by the Royal Canadian Mint with more than 150 million made since launching in 1988, the .9999 fine one-ounce bullion coins feature a weight of [...]
PCGS Set Registry Now Mobile
The PCGS Set Registry is now mobile, meaning users can update, review and share their coin collections from smartphones.
Developed in 2001, the registry was the hobby's first online tool for organizing and analyzing collections. There are now more than 82,280 registered sets [...]
Gold, Silver Extend Streak of Weekly Gains
Gold and silver futures retreated from 14-week highs but they still extended their string of weekly wins -- three for gold and seven for silver.
On Friday, gold for April delivery shed $2.50, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,239.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2017 $3 Heart of Our Nation Coin Celebrates Canada’s 150th
Canada's 150th anniversary is memorized on a unique collectible, the 2017 $3 Heart of Our Nation Silver Coin. Featuring inspiring national symbols, the piece is the last issue from the Royal Canadian Mint's "2017 Canada 150 Most Affordable Pure Silver 2-Coin Subscription."
Each coin is composed from about one-quarter troy ounce of 99.99% pure silver and is priced at CAD $19.95, which is just over US $15 [...]