Monthly Archives: May 2019
Gold and Other Precious Metals Mark Weekly Declines
Precious metals futures fell Friday, padding their weekly losses. Gold finished the day at a more than two-week low after kicking the week off with an almost five-week high.
Gold for June delivery on Friday lost $10.50, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,275.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the lowest since May 2 [...]
CAG-Certified Artifacts Top $2.3 Million In Second Armstrong Family Collection Sale
The second sale of the Armstrong Family Collection™, which was entirely certified by Collectibles Authentication Guaranty® (CAG), realized more than $2.3 million at Heritage Auctions, May 9.
The Armstrong Family Collection features items saved by astronaut Neil Armstrong -- the first man to walk on the moon -- and his immediate family members [...]
NGC’s Mobile App Now Includes NGC Registry
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) has announced significant updates to its NGC mobile app, which is available to download for free from the App Store and Google Play.
The upgraded NGC app now incorporates the NGC Registry, a powerful online platform where collectors register and display their NGC-certified coins and compete against other collectors around the world for recognition and prizes. This year, the NGC Registry will award more than $20,000 worth of prizes to the top sets [...]
PGM-Graded UK Notes From Lou Manzi Collection Lead In London’s Spink...
A high-profile collection of United Kingdom banknotes -- some dating to the 18th century and most of them certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG) -- sold briskly last Thursday in an auction presented by the venerable London firm Spink.
The £610,990 (nearly $800,000 USD) realized was almost £20,000 over the presale high estimate, said Barnaby Faull, Director of Banknotes for Spink, the 350-year-old global auction house [...]
Perth Mint Gold and Silver Bullion Sales Weaken in April
Demand for Australian bullion products slowed in April from March but was higher than a year ago, the latest sales figures from The Perth Mint of Australia show. Overall for the month, silver sales still remained solid while gold sales softened significantly.
The monthly gains happened against a backdrop of falling precious metals with LBMA prices posting losses of 1% for gold and 1.7% for silver [...]
Gold Slips To One-Week Low, Silver Drops 1.8%
Precious metals declined Thursday with losses ranging from 0.6% for palladium to 1.8% for silver. Gold ended at a one-week low after reaching an almost five-week high on Monday.
Gold for June delivery fell $11.60, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,286.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The close is the weakest since last Thursday, May 9 [...]
US Mint Sales: James Madison Silver Medal Debuts
The United States Mint released one new product last week, the James Madison Presidential Silver Medal.
Struck in an ounce of .999 fine silver, this fourth release in the U.S. Mint's Presidential Silver Medal series logged seven-day sales of 5,790 pieces [...]
Gold Edges Higher, Silver Ends Unchanged
Aside from platinum, precious metals futures were little changed Wednesday. Silver actually ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery gained $1.50, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,297.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Gold Slips Below $1,300 An Ounce As Other Metals Climb
Precious metals futures on Tuesday moved opposite of their direction on Monday. Silver, platinum and palladium gained while gold slipped from an almost five-week high.
Gold for June delivery retreated $5.50, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,296.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange[...]
2019 Mint Set Purchase Includes Premium Uncirculated ‘W’ Cent
Anticipation is building today for some collectors with the United States Mint launching its 2019 Uncirculated Coin Set at noon Eastern Time.
Known colloquially as the 2019 Mint Set, the product contains 20 coins in two folders with a red-themed folder holding 10 uncirculated coins from the Denver Mint and a blue-themed folder holding 10 uncirculated coins from the Philadelphia Mint [...]