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Precious metals advanced to start the new trading week on Monday. Gold and silver notched a second straight session of gains while platinum and palladium extended their winning streaks to three sessions.

Also on Monday, the United States Mint started accepting orders for its newly dated 2015 American Silver Eagle bullion coins [...]

The United States Mint was busy last year. The agency struck more than 13.2 billion coins for circulation in 2014, marking a fifth straight year of growth and the quickest annual pace since 14.4 billion coins were produced in 2007.

Combined, U.S. Mint production facilities in Denver and Philadelphia made 13,283,760,000 coins for the Federal Reserve to distribute to commercial banks and other financial institutions around the nation [...]

Articles about the Boston time capsule and United States Mint coin sales were popular last week.

The most read story was photo-centric and on the opening of the time capsule, buried by midnight rider Paul Revere and Founding Father Samuel Adams [...]

Gold and other precious metals climbed Friday, padding their gains in the first week of trading for the year. Gold's weekly advance, up 2.5%, is the first in four weeks.

Gold for February delivery turned up $7.60, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,216.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Coin sales were divided in 2014 compared to the year earlier. On average, they strengthened for fixed-priced collectible editions yet weakened for bullion versions that became cheaper as the value of silver tumbled.

Introduced in 2010 alongside the America the Beautiful Quarters and sharing their designs, all five ounce coins from before 2014 are no longer available from the U.S. Mint [...]

Time capsules have the thrill of treasure, wonder and history. They bring the past to the present in an almost magical way. For an American, it can't get better than an 18th century box buried by revolutionary heroes Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and William Scollay. What did these icons think we should rediscover?

We now know, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) and its many photos that reveal the time capsule's early-American artifacts to include coins, newspapers, a medal and more [...]

Gold and silver prices declined for a second session Thursday after having started the year with three straight daily wins.

Gold for February delivery settled down $2.20, or 0.2%, to $1,208.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

Having already talked about the release and starting sales of the 2015 Proof Silver Eagle, we'll take another quick look at the latest figures of the last year's commemorative coins since those that hadn't already sold out went off sale last Tuesday, Dec. 30.

The two U.S. commemorative programs diverged greatly with curved 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins realizing enormous success while, by comparison, 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Silver Dollars were about forgotten [...]

Gold and silver prices fell Wednesday, closing lower for the first time in four sessions and the only time so far in the new year.

Gold for February delivery declined $8.70, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,210.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]