Bureau of Engraving and Printing 2014 Year-End Holiday Closures
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) tours and facilities will close between the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the agency announced Wednesday.
Along with printing facilities, both Tour and Visitor Centers will be closed to the public at the end of business on Tuesday, Dec. 23 [...]
Gold Slips for Second Session as Risk Appetite Returns
Gold prices slipped for a second straight session on Thursday but rallying gains on Tuesday still have the precious metal poised for a strong weekly increase.
Gold for February delivery settled down $3.80, or 0.3%, to $1,225.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Civil Air Patrol Congressional Gold Medal Awarded, Bronze for Public
World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Wednesday, Dec. 10, at a ceremony held in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
Surviving CAP members along with leaders of the U.S. House and Senate attended the ceremony. The medal was [...]
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US Mint Sales: American Eagle and Buffalo Coin Sell Outs
Today we'll take a quick look at updated sales of recently sold out collectible from West Point to include the American Gold Buffalo and American Eagle coins in gold and silver.
Before getting into summary details, note that these coins have sales that are higher than past issues so they won't go down in the books as "scarce." In that sense, their sellouts are less exciting but they're worth discussing nevertheless [...]
American $1 Coin and Currency Set Sales Reopen, New Limit
The United States Mint on Wednesday reopened ordering for the 2014 American $1 Coin and Currency Set which includes a Series 2013 $1 Federal Reserve note and the highly sought 2014-D Enhanced Uncirculated Native American $1 Coin.
Priced at $13.95, the set has been listed mostly as "out of stock" and resultantly off sale [...]
Gold, Silver and Platinum Prices Little Changed
Gold prices slipped slightly Wednesday after soaring to a more than six-week high on Tuesday.
Gold for February delivery shed $2.60, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,229.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Profit-taking and crude oil price weakness were among factors cited for [...]
US Mint 2014 Christmas Catalog Arrives
Mailboxes are filling with Christmas-themed mail. Many collectors are getting an extra piece from the United States Mint. The agency's traditional holiday catalog started mailing last week.
Entitled "2014 Gift Ideas," it includes 24 pages filled with a few dozen of the U.S. Mint's most popular products [...]
US Coin Production Most Since 2007, Everglades 25c Mintages
United States Mint coin production in November retreated from the previous month and from a year earlier but the month lifted the total for this year to over 12.4 billion coins, the most since 2007.
U.S. Mint figures published Tuesday, Dec. 9, show facilities in Philadelphia and Denver struck 958,780,000 in cents, nickels and dimes for a 18% decline from the previous month and a 3.3% drop from a year ago [...]
2014 Kennedy 50c and American $1 Set Sales as of Dec....
New United States Mint sales figures show markedly higher sales for two of the three 50th Anniversary 2014 Kennedy Half-Dollar products and that more than three-fourths of the 2014 American $1 Coin and Currency Sets have been claimed.
Weekly gains for the clad and gold Kennedy half-dollar products more than doubled the previous round [...]
Gold Soars to 6-Week High, Silver Rallies 5.3%
Gold prices jumped to their highest level in more than six weeks Tuesday, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar and safe-haven buying as more investors fled from falling stocks.
Gold for February delivery surged $37.10, or 3.1%, to end at $1,232 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
