Experts: Beware of Scams as Gold Prices Surge
With the recent, rapid jump in the price of gold, investors should beware of scam artists trying to lure them with urgent claims of too-good-to-be-true low prices and quick, guaranteed bullion market profits, cautions leaders of the Accredited Precious Metals Dealer (https://apmddealers.org) program, a division of the nonprofit Professional Numismatists (www.PNGdealers.org).
"Don't make a hasty decision based on slick advertisements. Don't make any purchase until you have shopped around and learned the competitive prices from reputable, accredited dealers," advised Robert Brueggeman [...]
US Mint Sales: Set of War in the Pacific Quarters Debuts
The United States Mint kicked off sales last week of one product for collectors -- a three-coin set of 2019 War in the Pacific quarters for Guam. The set was the U.S. Mint's second best weekly seller.
Released Tuesday, June 18, the three-coin set includes uncirculated quarters from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints and a proof quarter from the San Francisco Mint [...]
Gold Continues March Toward Six-Year High
Precious metals futures logged little changes Tuesday with gold and palladium rising modestly and silver and platinum falling slightly. Gold's gain was its fourth straight. It settled at a fresh, nearly six-year high.
Gold for August delivery inched up 50 cents, or less than 0.1%, to close at $1,418.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the highest since Aug. 28, 2013 when gold ended at $1,418.80 an ounce [...]
Declaration of Independence Engraved Print Released by BEP
Today, June 25, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) started selling engraved prints of the Declaration of Independence.
"This incredibly detailed engraved print is an exact reproduction of the original Declaration of Independence and is produced on parchment paper," the BEP describes [...]
Newly Registered Illinois Set Ranks PCGS All-Time Finest In Five Morgan...
Quietly and patiently acquiring superb quality coin-after-coin over the past 14 years, an Illinois collector working with Barry Stuppler of Mint State Gold by Stuppler and Company (www.MintStateGold.com) in Woodland Hills, California has now assembled the all-time finest collection of circulation strike Morgan silver dollars.
The previously unreported collection is now listed as all-time finest in five different Morgan dollar categories in the popular PCGS Set Registry® [...]
Gold Marks 70-Month High
Gold futures extended their bullish advances Monday, securing a third straight increase and another almost six-year high.
Gold for August delivery tacked on $18.10, or 1.3%, to settle at $1,418.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the highest since Aug. 28, 2013 when gold ended at $1,418.80 an ounce [...]
Stack’s Bowers To Offer Famous 1894-S Dime At ANA August Show
Of all great American coin rarities, the 1894-S dime stands high in the front rank. The appearance of one in the marketplace is always a cause for excitement. Over a long period of years Stack's Bowers Galleries has offered several, always to excitement and acclaim.
Now comes another -- a coin that has been off the market for more than three decades and is fresh to most of the present generation of bidders [...]
NGC Grades Four Colossal Coins Containing Over $1.5 Million In Gold
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) has certified an incredible group of colossal gold pieces: three 10-kilogram coins and a 5-kilogram "Show Panda." The NGC Mega Holder® was used to encapsulate these massive gold pieces, which together contain over $1.5 million in gold.
The first is a 2019 China Year of the Pig 100,000 Yuan 10-kilogram gold coin. It has been graded NGC PF 70 Ultra Cameo [...]
Discovered 1854-S $5 Gold Coin In First Public Exhibit At ANA...
The fourth known 1854 San Francisco Mint Liberty Head Half Eagle, discovered just last year and subsequently sold at auction for $2.16 million, will be publicly exhibited for the first time during the American Numismatic Association Chicago World's Fair of Money (www.WorldsFairofMoney.com), August 13-17, 2019.
It will be a featured display in the Museum Showcase (booth #1829) [...]
Gold Tops $1,400 For Highest Finish Since 2013
Gold climbed for a second day in a row Friday, securing a hefty weekly increase, topping $1,400 an ounce and closing at a fresh 5.8-year high.
Gold for August delivery rose $3.20, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,400.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the highest since Sept. 3, 2013 when the yellow metal ended at $1,412 an ounce [...]
