Monthly Archives: January 2018
Precious Metals Decline on Monday, Jan. 22
Precious metals futures kicked off the new trading week with losses on Monday that ranged from less than 0.1% for gold to 2.3% to platinum.
Gold for February delivery dipped $1.20 to settle at $1,331.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
PCGS Special Labels Available for 2018 Platinum Eagle ‘Life’ Coin
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is offering special labels for the 2018 Proof Platinum Eagle, the first of three coins from the United State Mint's Preamble to the Declaration of Independence design series.
This year's edition commemorates "Life." It will be followed in years 2019 and 2020 with designs celebrating "Liberty" and Americans' pursuit of "Happiness" [...]
2018 WWI Centennial Silver Dollar First-Day Sales (Updated)
First-day sales of the World War I Centennial Silver Dollars reached 17,287 for the proof and 7,468 for the uncirculated, according to United States Mint spokesman Michael White.
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of America's involvement in the First World War [...]
Heritage Coin and Currency Auctions Top $71.9 Million in First Three...
Heritage Auctions (HA.com) realized over $71.9 million in sales from coins and currency during the first three weeks of 2018.
Sales in January increased for a third year in a row at auctions held during the Florida United Numismatic Convention (FUN) and the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) [...]
Gold Dips for First Weekly Loss in Six Weeks
Precious metals futures climbed in tandem on Friday but not for the week with gold, silver and palladium slipping slightly. Gold's weekly loss was its first in six weeks.
Gold for February delivery tacked on $5.90, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,333.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Discusses Plans For Presidential and Military Medals in Silver
The United States Mint this week discussed plans to make 1-ounce .999 fine silver medals honoring former presidents and branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) were briefed Jan. 17 about the possibility for the two new series -- one slated to begin later this year and one that could start in 2020 [...]
2021-2025 Proof American Platinum Eagle Designs To Depict Five Freedoms
The United States Mint next week will release the first proof American Platinum Eagle from the new three-year design series, Preamble to the Declaration of Independence. Coins in 2018, 2019 and 2020 will portray Life, Liberty and Happiness.
A five-year design series will follow, the U.S. Mint revealed Jan. 17 at a Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting [...]
PCGS-Graded 1943 Bronze Lincoln Cent Sold For $1+ Million
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) graded an extraordinary Lincoln Cent that was recently sold in a private sale for over one million dollars.
The bronze 1943 Lincoln Cent is the single finest known, with a grade of PCGS Mint State 63 Red [...]
Gold Prices Log First Decline in Six Sessions
Precious metals futures declined Thursday. Gold's loss was its first in six sessions, with prices sliding from a more than four-month high.
Gold for February delivery dropped $12, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,327.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
American Innovation $1 Coin Act Passes House
The United States Mint is closer to striking a new series of dollar coins. On Wednesday, Jan. 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of the American Innovation $1 Coin Act (H.R. 770).
As CoinNews wrote about nearly a year ago, H.R. 770 calls for a 56-coin program with dollar reverses celebrating a significant innovation, an innovator, or a group of innovators within each state, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories [...]