Yearly Archives: 2017
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 [...]
Gold Starts August Near 8-Week High
Precious metals were mixed Tuesday with silver falling and the others rising. Gold ended the first day of August at an almost eight-week high.
Gold for December delivery settled up $6, or 0.5%, to $1,279.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2017 $2 Single Note Collection Includes Four Banknotes
At 8:00 a.m. ET today, Aug. 1, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) will begin selling its newest and always popular annual product for money collectors, the 2017 $2 Single Note Collection.
The product includes $2 single notes from four different Federal Reserve Banks. Each of them features non-matching serial numbers but they all begin with "2017" [...]