PCGS To Offer Special Labels For Basketball HOF Colorized Coins
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) will grade and have special insert labels for colorized 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Clad Half Dollars and Silver Dollars, the first colorized coins to ever be officially issued by the United States Mint.
These special United States Mint Commemorative Coins, being colorized post-strike by private vendor Lularose, will be sold to the public through the United States Mint in limited quantities and are scheduled to be released starting August 28 [...]
NGC Wins Four NLG 2020 Awards
The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) has once again recognized Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) for its efforts to provide educational and engaging content to the coin collecting community.
NGC was honored with four awards: one for its social media presence and three for its monthly columns about US, world and ancient coins, a reflection of NGC's broad expertise [...]
Gold and Silver Decline Tuesday, Aug. 25
Precious metals split Tuesday with platinum and palladium posting gains and gold and silver registering losses.
Gold for December delivery declined $16.10, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,923.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Precious Metals Decline Monday, Aug. 24
Precious metals futures fell slightly Monday. Their losses ranged from 0.2% for platinum to 0.7% for palladium.
Gold for December delivery declined $7.80, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,939.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Gold Prices Log 0.1% Weekly Decline
Precious metals moved mostly lower on Friday and they were divided on the week. Gold was near unchanged on the day, rising very modestly following two straight daily losses, and slipped less than $3 from a week ago.
Gold for December delivery inched higher by 50 cents, or 0.03%, to $1,947 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Goldberg’s September 2020 Sale Features S.S. Central America Shipwreck Coins
Historic sunken treasure from the California Gold Rush recovered from the fabled S.S. Central America which sank in 1857 will be offered to the public for the first time in an auction to be conducted in September in Los Angeles, California and online by Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers (www.GoldbergCoins.com).
"One of the important highlights is a major numismatic discovery from the legendary ship: an extremely rare 1856 San Francisco Mint Liberty Seated No Motto quarter-dollar with a large S mint mark punched over a small s [...]
NLG Announces 2020 Award Winners
Respected researchers and award-winning numismatic authors Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz have received yet another prestigious award.
They have been selected as the joint 2020 recipients of The Clemy, the highest honor given by the Numismatic Literary Guild [...]
APMD: No Significant “Panic Selling” of Gold
During the recent profit-taking and market correction, major retail sellers of physical gold and silver coins and ingots say they did not encounter significant panic selling by customers.
They report younger buyers have entered the market and Baby Boomers continue buying gold and silver bullion coins, according to the Accredited Precious Metals Dealer division of the nonprofit Professional Numismatists Guild [...]
NGC Offers Unique Certification Options for 2020 Colorized Basketball Coins
On August 28, the first colorized coins ever produced by the US Mint are being released: a Basketball Hall of Fame 2020-S Colorized Half Dollar and 2020-P Colorized Silver Dollar. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) is offering a special attribution -- First Colorized US Coins -- to celebrate this historic innovation in US coinage.
Along with the attribution, the vibrant NGC Basketball Celebration Special Label is offered for free to all submitters. NGC designations, including Tip Off Releases for coins received within the first week of release, and Early Releases and First Releases for coins received within the first 30 days of release, are also available [...]
Gold, Silver and Platinum Decline Thursday, Aug. 20
Precious metals futures declined Thursday, with the exception of palladium. Losses in gold, silver and platinum were their second in a row following two days of gains.
Gold for December delivery settled down $23.80, or 1.2%, to $1,946.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
