Precious Metals Divided Monday, Oct. 7
Precious metals futures divided Monday with gold and silver modestly falling and platinum and palladium slightly rising.
Gold for December delivery declined $8.50, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,504.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The close was the lowest since Tuesday, Oct. 1 [...]
2020 Native American $1 Coin Depicts Elizabeth Peratrovich
On Saturday, Oct. 5, the United States Mint unveiled the one-year-only design that will appear on the 2020 Native American $1 Coin.
Honoring Elizabeth Peratrovich and Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Law, the design features Peratrovich who advocated for the 1945 Anti-Discrimination Law in the Alaskan territorial legislature [...]
Gold Edges 0.4% Higher on Week; U.S. Mint Bullion Sales Improve
Most precious metals futures finished lower on Friday and for the week. Gold was one of the metals to fall on the day, albeit modestly, but it climbed on the week.
Gold for December delivery on Friday edged 90 cents, or 0.06%, lower to settle at $1,512.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Federal Reserve Inventories of $1 Coins at 1.105 Billion
The United States continues to store a lot of $1 coins in vaults, according to Federal Reserve data released in September.
Reserve Bank inventories of dollars were at 1.105 billion coins through the second quarter of 2019 after peaking to 1.440 billion coins in the third quarter of 2012 [...]
NGC-Certified 1870’s 50c Seated Liberty Error Tops $51,000
An incredible error coin certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) realized $51,754 at an auction by GreatCollections. The coin was erroneously struck on a smaller planchet intended for a quarter and is believed to be unique for the Seated Liberty Half Dollar series.
The coin, struck in the 1870s, was recently discovered in a collection that had been held by the Wheeler Family of New Jersey for decades [...]
Gold Edges 0.4% Higher Thursday, Oct. 3
Gold and silver futures divided Thursday but they were little changed overall. Palladium was the big mover among metals, dropping from a record high.
Gold for December delivery added $5.90, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,513.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the highest since Sept. 26 [...]
Sedwick’s November Treasure Sale Includes Ingot and Coin Rarities
A large variety of gold and silver shipwreck bars as well as numismatic rarities will attract excited bidding during Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC's Treasure, World, U.S Coin & Paper Money Auction 26. The floor auction will be held on Nov. 1-2, 2019 at the DoubleTree Disney Springs in Orlando, FL and live online.
Ingots from famous wrecks like the "Tumbaga wreck" of ca. 1528 will be found in the sale. The Atocha, sunk in 1622 off Key West, Florida, will be represented by three gold "finger" bars, one of which is a long specimen weighing 1,325 grams and estimated at $50,000 and up that last appeared in the 1987 Caesars Palace auction of Atocha artifacts [...]
Precious Metals Rise Wed., Oct. 2; Palladium Logs Another Record
Precious metals registered increases Wednesday ranging from 0.9% for platinum to 2.2% for silver. Palladium marked another record.
Gold for December delivery gained $18.90, or 1.3%, to settle at $1,507.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the highest since Sept. 26 [...]
Wayne Miller To Autograph NGC Labels
Wayne Miller, whose groundbreaking books on silver dollars have guided numismatists for decades, is joining a prestigious group of people who hand-sign certification labels exclusively for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC).
The label that Miller will sign features an image of his The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook, first published in 1983. Miller also wrote An Analysis of Morgan and Peace Dollars, first published in 1976 [...]
PMG Certified Over 200 English Banknotes For Manzi Collection Sale, Part...
Over 200 banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG) comprise the bulk of The Lou Manzi Collection of English Banknotes -- Part 2 sale, being held October 10, 2019, by renowned global auction house Spink & Son Ltd.
The Manzi Collection ranks among the all-time finest assemblages of British banknotes and includes many highly desirable "White Notes" from the Bank of England [...]
