Precious Metals Pulverized Wed., Aug. 15
Precious metals futures sank Wednesday with losses ranging from 1.3% for gold to 5.9% for palladium. Gold dropped to a more than 18-month low while silver marked its worst finish in over 30 months. Elsewhere, palladium ended near a 13-month low while platinum dropped to its worst point in nearly a decade.
Gold for December delivery declined $15.70, or 1.3%, to end at $1,185 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: 86.8% of 2018 Silver Reverse Proof Sets Sold
The U.S. Mint's 2018-S Silver Reverse Proof earned the sales title for a third straight week. In this round of stats, more than double the amount sold than the Mint's next best weekly seller.
Released three weeks ago Monday, July 23, the set climbed another 9,503 units to 173,622. That's 86.8% of the allotted 200,000 sets [...]
2018 Victory Intaglio Print from WWI Centennial Series
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) on Tuesday, Aug, 14, started selling its 2018 Victory Intaglio Print, the last of three cards from its WWI Centennial collection.
This year's series recognizes the 100th anniversary of World War I with three prints titled Entry, Homefront, and Victory. The Entry print launched in January and the Homefront print debuted in March [...]
Gold Rebounds, Logging First Gain in Four Sessions
Precious metals futures rebounded Tuesday, recovering a bit from losses on Monday that brought gold, silver and platinum to settlement lows that ranged from more than one and a half years to nearly ten years.
Posting its first gain in four sessions, gold for December delivery added $1.80, or 0.2%, to finish at $1,200.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2018-S Proof American Silver Eagle Launch (Updated)
Collectors don't get confused, the United States Mint is releasing another proof American Silver Eagle this year. This one is produced at the U.S. Mint's facility in San Francisco and debuts today, Aug. 14, to coincide with the start of the ANA's World's Fair of Money.
The 2018-S Proof American Silver Eagle is nearly identical to the standard West Point Mint proof edition which debuted on Jan. 4 and has last reported sales of 334,188. Its only identifiable difference is the [...]
BEP’s WWI 100th Commemorative $2 Collection Released
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) just released its newest product for money collectors, the World War I 100th Commemorative $2 Collection.
Featuring series 2013 $2 notes from the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Atlanta with matching serial numbers beginning with 2018 and a commemorative engraved print of the back of the Series 1918 $2 Federal Reserve Bank Note [...]
NGC Certifies Lutes Discovered 1943 Bronze Cent
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has certified the most famous of all mint errors, the Don Lutes, Jr. Philadelphia 1943 Bronze Cent.
This legendary coin was the first discovery of a 1943 bronze cent, which is considered by many to be the King of Mint Errors.
The Lutes specimen is now graded NGC AU 53 BN and will be on display at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia, August 14-17, 2018 [...]
Donn Pearlman Receives PNG 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award
The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) presented its 2018 PNG Lifetime Achievement Award to Donn Pearlman, an award-winning numismatic writer, public relations counselor and a former Chicago radio and television broadcaster. The honor was announced during the PNG's annual awards banquet held this year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 13.
President of Donn Pearlman & Associates in Las Vegas, Nevada, he has helped generate positive national and international headlines about the hobby and profession for almost five decades [...]
Gold, Silver and Platinum Begin Week with Milestone Lows
Precious metals futures tumbled Monday as the U.S. dollar rallied and investors spurned safe-havens. Milestone settlements lows in gold, silver and platinum ranged from more than one and a half years to nearly ten years.
Gold for December delivery declined $20.10, or 1.7%, to settle at $1,198.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial Silver Dollars Sought
Companion bills introduced in the House and Senate are calling for coins in commemoration of the centennial establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American soldier from World War I in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheater [...]
