Monthly Archives: February 2018
Fourteenth Annual PNG YN Scholarship Competition Announced
For the 14th year in a row, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will offer a scholarship to attend the annual American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Young numismatists (YN) between the ages of 13 and 22 are eligible to enter the competition. The scholarship will cover the cost of a course ANA provides during its annual summer series of education programs [...]
Legend’s XXV Regency Auction Highlights
Legend Rare Coin Auctions (www.legendauctions.com) presented the 25th and first Regency Auction of 2018. Held Jan. 25 in conjunction with the PCGS Members Only Show at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, nearly 330 lots were offered.
Leading sales was a GEM 1920 $20 double eagle, one of only two coins graded MS65 by PCGS. The rarity had a pre-auction estimate of $100,000+. LRCA notes that there were three active bidders at $120,000, and then [...]
Precious Metals Decline on Monday, Feb. 5
Precious metals futures traded lower in their start to the new week on Monday. Losses ranged for less than 0.1% for gold to 1.2% for palladium.
Gold for April delivery dipped 80 cents to settle at $1,336.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2018 Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Quarters for Michigan Released
Products containing the first 2018-dated coin from the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program launched today, Feb. 5. Featuring Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, the new quarter is available in quantities ranging from a single 40-coin roll to 100-coin bags.
Established in 1966, the nation's first national lakeshore is a narrow strip of a park that stretches along the Lake Superior coast for more than 40 miles [...]
Gold Slides on Week, Silver Plunges
Precious metals futures ended mostly lower on Friday and they all declined on the week, led by silver and followed by palladium.
Gold for April delivery declined $10.60, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,337.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Products in February Include Quarters, Dollars and $10 American...
The United States Mint will release products this month that include coins in clad, silver and gold and in sizes ranging from 1/10 ounce to 5 ounces.
Several of the coins feature one-year-only designs. Many belong to a family of annual products [...]
Pictured Rocks Quarter Ceremony, Coin Exchange and Public Forum
In less than a week, the United States Mint and National Park Service will officially introduce the quarter celebrating Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This year's first quarter ceremony takes place near the national site on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
As usual, there are related events supporting the release -- a U.S. Mint-hosted coin forum starting the evening before the ceremony and a coin exchange right after the ceremony. All three are free and open to the public [...]
Gold Rises 0.4% in February Start
Most precious metals futures advanced Thursday. Silver was the exception. Gold climbed for a second day in a row after falling for three straight.
Gold for April delivery added $4.80, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,347.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: 2018 Proof Platinum Eagle Debuts
Two annual products for collectors made their first appearances on U.S. Mint sales boards -- the proof American Platinum Eagle featuring the new "Life" design and the proof set of 5 quarters bearing new one-year-only designs.
Released last Thursday for $1,420, the 2018-W Proof Platinum Eagle notched first-day sales of 4,420 coins. It gained support on Friday when [...]