Yearly Archives: 2020
US Mint 2020 Gift Sets for Newborns and Birthdays
New year, new decade and now new celebration sets are available from the United States Mint. The Mint's 2020 Birth Set and 2020 Happy Birthday Coin Set went on sale today at noon ET for $23 apiece.
These products continue the U.S. Mint's tradition of offering sets aimed at marking special occasions. Both contain five proof coins that bear an 'S' mint mark which designates their production at the San Francisco Mint. Proof coins have frosted foregrounds that attractively contract mirror-like backgrounds. The finish is top-tier in collector coins [...]
Precious Metals Gain in 2020 Start; Gold Logs 7th Straight Increase
Precious metals started the new trading year with gains ranging from 0.3% for gold to 1% for palladium. Gold extended its streak of session increases to seven in a row and marked a more than fourteen-week high.
Gold for February delivery rose $5 to settle at $1,528.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The finish was the highest since the yellow metal ended at $1,540.20 an ounce on Sept. 24 [...]
US Mint Increases Prices for 2020 Numismatic Products
Collectors will be paying more in 2020 for United States Mint numismatic products. The U.S. Mint published information for several upcoming collectibles and their prices compared to companion products from last year are from 80 cents to $23.30 higher.
Products affected include annual sets, rolls of quarters, bags of quarters, sets of quarters, rolls of dollars, bags of dollars, boxes of dollars, reverse proof dollars, silver coins, and silver medals [...]