Yearly Archives: 2017
Gold Rises from 8-Week Low; Silver Logs First Gain in 12...
Precious metals futures advanced Wednesday. Gold climbed from an eight-week low while silver, gaining for the first time in twelve sessions, rebounded from its lowest settlement this year.
Gold for June delivery rose $2.80, or 0.2%, to close at $1,218.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Heritage Auctions Shows Comparable Coin Sales for World Coins
Heritage Auctions now displays comparable coin sales from past auctions and NGC and PCGS population data on nearly all HA.com search results for World Coins.
The new data is useful for researching coins and prior auction results. No other coin company offers as much comprehensive data [...]
California Teen Wins PNG 2017 YN Scholarship
Grant Shobar, 17, of Laguna Niguel, California is the winner of the 13th annual Professional Numismatists Guild's Young Numismatist Scholarship competition.
Courtesy of PNG, Shobar can now attend one of the two-week-long 2017 ANA Summer Seminar sessions (www.money.org/summer-seminar) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. PNG will cover the costs of airfare, meals, tuition, and dormitory accommodations [...]
Gold Logs 8-Week Low; Silver Racks Up 11 Straight Losses
Gold futures ended at an eight-week low Tuesday after edging higher in their start to the week on Monday. Silver, meanwhile, advanced its streak of down sessions to eleven in a row, marking a fresh, more than four-month low.
Gold for June delivery shed $11, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,216.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Gold Coin Price Cuts Expected; 2017 Proof Gold Buffalo...
On Wednesday, May 10, there is a very good chance that the United States Mint will lower prices on twenty-five numismatic gold products. The bureau will also establish the opening price for its May 11 release of the 2017-dated Proof American Gold Buffalo.
The U.S. Mint's collections of gold coins have prices that can change depending on the trending value of gold [...]
Gold Edges Higher, Silver Logs 10th Session Decline
Gold futures edged up from a more than seven-week low Monday, logging their first gain in four sessions. Silver, meanwhile, extended its string of session losses to ten in a row, ending at a new, more than four-month low.
Gold for June delivery climbed 20 cents to settle at $1,227.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
1943 Bronze Lincoln Cents Authenticated by NGC
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) recently authenticated and graded four Lincoln cents struck on wrong planchets, including two 1943 bronze cents.
Zinc-coated steel was used for cents in 1943, instead of copper which was used previously, to conserve copper for other uses during World War II. Despite the changeover [...]
Gold Logs Biggest 2017 Weekly Decline, Silver at 2017 Low
Precious metals futures ended mixed Friday and sharply lower on the week. Gold fell for a second straight week, after scoring six straight weekly wins, and ended at a more than seven-week low. Silver, meanwhile, declined for third week in a row and posted its lowest close this year.
Gold for June delivery dipped $1.70, or 0.1%, to finish at $1,226.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
APMEX Promotes CoinGrade+ with Silver Swan Coin Contest
APMEX is promoting its new CoinGrade+™ feature by offering a chance to win a 2017 1 oz Silver Swan, graded MS-70 PCGS First Strike.
CoinGrade+ allows APMEX.com visitors to shop for more than 5,000 certified coins with up-to-date information like coin I.D., grade, mintmark, population, mintage and how many coins graded higher [...]
Heritage’s CSNS Auctions Top $32.5 Million, Led by Donated $20...
Heritage's Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) auctions realized more than $32.5 million, led by a historic 1866 $20 Liberty Double Eagle that was donated to an Indiana church.
The rarity, one of only ten known, brought $517,000 to take top honors in Heritage Auctions' sales event held in conjunction with the CSNS 78th Spring Convention in Schaumberg, Ill [...]