Monthly Archives: August 2017
225th Anniversary 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set Photos
This article presents photos of a United States Mint 225th anniversary product, the 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set.
Released Tuesday, Aug. 1, the San Francisco Mint-produced product includes 10 clad coins that feature enhanced uncirculated finishes [...]
Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison Helps “Shave Miles” Event Raise $10,000
With the help of nationally known television celebrity Rick Harrison and two Denver Broncos cheerleaders, prominent numismatists Michael "Miles" Standish, Jim Halperin and Orlando Rodrigo Lorenzana Williams got their heads shaved at the American Numismatic Association 2017 World's Fair of Money in Denver to raise money for two nonprofit organizations.
The event on August 3 generated $10,000 in donations that will be evenly divided between the American Numismatic Association and the Standish Foundation for Child & Family Centered Healthcare [...]
Gold Falls for Second Day, Silver for Third
Gold futures posted a second day of losses Thursday, while silver futures extended their streak of declines to three days in a row.
Gold for December delivery declined $4, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,274.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Set Returns
Sales reopened early morning Thursday for the 225th Anniversary 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set.
The set of 10 coins launched on Tuesday and became unavailable within 7 minutes. There's no telling how long they will last this time. A maximum of 225,000 will be sold [...]
Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison to Shave Standish’s Head for Charity
Rick Harrison of History's popular "Pawn Stars" television program and the famous Las Vegas Gold & Silver Pawn shop will make the first pass of the electric cutter on the head of NGC Vice President Michael "Miles" Standish who is deliberately going bald to raise money for two nonprofit organizations.
Heritage Auctions Co-Chairman Jim Halperin and CIT Mint executive Orlando Williams also will have their heads shaved to raise money [...]
Gold, Silver and Palladium Decline Slightly
Precious metals futures ended mostly lower Wednesday. Gold's modest decline brought it down from an almost 8-week high.
Gold for December delivery shed $1, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,278.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2017 Judicial Intaglio Print from Constitution Series Now Available
On Tuesday, Aug. 1, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) released the 2017 Judicial Intaglio Print, the last of three cards from its "Constitution Series."
This year's BEP series recognizes the U.S. Constitution with three individual prints titled Legislative, Executive, and Judicial [...]
PNG 2017 Award Winners Announced
The Professional Numismatists Guild presented its 2017 PNG Lifetime Achievement Award to prominent and influential hobby leader Beth Deisher. The award was announced during the PNG's annual banquet held this year in Denver, Colorado on July 31, 2017.
Deisher is the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force Director of the Industry Council for Tangible Assets [...]
Barry Stuppler Named PNG President
Officers of the Professional Numismatists Guild have selected Barry Stuppler to be the organization's President for the 2017 to 2019 term. Stuppler was selected during the PNG Board of Directors meeting in Denver, Colorado on July 30, 2017.
He is President of Stuppler & Company, Inc. in Woodland Hills, California as well as President of the California Coin and Bullion Merchants Association and Chairman of the Gold and Silver Political Action Committee [...]
US Mint Gold Coin Prices Poised for Increase Wed., Aug. 2
On Wednesday, Aug. 2, the United States Mint could increase prices on more than two dozen numismatic gold products.
The Mint's collections of gold coins have prices that can change weekly based on the trending value of gold [...]