Numismatic Literary Guild Announces 2018 Awards Competition
The Numismatic Literary Guild (www.NLGonline.org), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors and writers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals and tokens as collectibles, has substantially revised its annual awards competition categories for 2018 and beyond.
To be eligible for consideration in any of this year's categories, entries must have been published, released, or posted on the Internet between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018 [...]
Gold Ends at Fresh 2-Month Low; Climbs After Fed Leaves Rates...
Gold futures moved lower for a third straight session Wednesday, logging a fresh two-month low, but then advanced in after-hours trading following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged.
Gold for June delivery edged down $1.20, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,305.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: 2018 Silver Proof Set Debuts
Early U.S. Mint sales figures are now available for this year's silver set of 2018-dated coins. Annually issued since 1992, these sets are among the Mint's most popular products.
Released last week on Tuesday, April 24, the set posted six-day sales of 161,518. The start is the weakest in the series to date [...]
U.S. Coin Production Slips to 902.9M in March; Pictured Rocks Quarter...
The United States Mint produced just over 3.57 billion coins for circulation in the first three months this year, marking their slowest first quarterly pace since 2014.
U.S. Mint data also offers mintages for Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore quarter, the first of five 2018-dated quarters with unique designs [...]
Perth Mint Bullion Sales Mixed in March and First Quarter 2018
Demand for Australian bullion coins and bars was divided in March from February with gold sales stronger and silver sales weaker, according to Perth Mint figures. In contrast, gold sales ended lower and silver sales finished higher in first quarter 2018 against the same period last year.
March gains registered against divided precious metals with LBMA prices for the month up 0.5% for gold but down 1% for silver [...]
Stack’s Bowers to Auction Finest Known 1913 Liberty Head Nickel
Stack's Bowers Galleries will auction the finest known 1913 Liberty Head nickel this summer during the ANA World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia.
Graded PCGS Proof 66 and pedigreed to the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, the rarity should command intense bidding. In 1996 this specimen was the first coin in the world to cross the million-dollar threshold [...]












