Gold Rises Slightly, Silver Ends Mostly Unchanged
July 2010 US Mint Silver Eagle Sales: Top 10 Month, Best...
American Silver Eagle bullion coins turned in slightly lower numbers for July 2010 than the month before, according to the most recent figures released by the United States Mint.
While this may come as welcome news to collectors who have been hoping for a decline in the numbers to make way for proof versions, any celebration would be premature. True, sales of the strikes showed a drop of 20,000 units, but put in perspective, the decline is negligible.
Total sales for the month of July still came in at an astonishing 2,981,000. That amount was enough to cement the month as the best ever July since the debut of the coins back in 1986. In fact, it was a leap of 171,000 coins from the previous July record set just last year.
Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – August 3, 2010
2010 Proof Platinum Eagles Available August 12
While an official announcement is yet to be made, the 2010 Proof Platinum American Eagle will be released August 12, 2010, at noon Eastern Time, according to a newly published United States Mint product page.
The one ounce, 99.95 percent pure platinum coin is the second of six issues in a series celebrating the principles of American democracy as found in the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
Continental Currency Featured in Heritage Boston ANA Auction
US Mint Ceremony Releases 2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter
The United States Mint and the National Park Service joined forces on Thursday, July 29, to officially release the Yosemite National Park Quarter outside the Valley Visitor Center in Yosemite, California.
The quarter-dollars actually debuted three days earlier, July 26, as they began entering circulation through the Federal Reserve banking system, and via Yosemite quarter bags and rolls offered by the U.S. Mint.
Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – August 2, 2010
Bullion Prices and Business July 2010 Review
PCGS Expands Submission Levels For Possible Plus (+) Designation
Ancient Tetradrachm Featured in Heritage Boston ANA Auction
A nearly 2,500-year old silver coin of Rhegion, an ancient Greek city located in would become Italy, is expected to bring upwards of $25,000 at the Heritage Signature® Auction of Ancient and World Coins at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 12, starting at 6 p.m.
The silver tetradrachm – lot number 20007 – a coin about the diameter of a quarter but much thicker and heavier, depicts the stylized head of a lion on the obverse and a profile portrait of Apollo, Greek god of wisdom and enlightenment, on the reverse. It was struck between 415 and 387 BC, a time when the Greek cities of Italy and Sicily were competing with each other and with Carthage in North Africa for control of the western Mediterranean.
