US Mint Bullion Coins Log Weak July Sales
Demand for United States Mint bullion coins tends to weaken in summer months, and particularly in July. And they sure did last month.
Gold and silver trading plunged about 3% in July, but declines in U.S. Mint bullion sales dived deeper with the bureau's core Gold Eagles down 37.1% and its popular Silver Eagles off 26.6% [...]
Kolbe & Fanning’s Latest Fixed Price Catalog of Rare Books
Looking for rare numismatic books at fixed prices? Select titles for sale are now listed in a new catalog from Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers.
Items offered cover the span of numismatic study from the 16th century onwards, with books included on ancient, foreign and U.S. coins and medals [...]
Photos of 2014 Kennedy Half-Dollar Uncirculated Coin Sets
2014 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half-Dollar Clad Sets are shipping. In hand, the restored 1964 Kennedy design makes these coins a winner. It's actually almost stunning to see how much better the restored design is compared to the version on regular Kennedy half-dollars.
I like the set's packaging as well. The folder and coin cards are informational, cleanly designed, sleek and thin enough that they don't take a lot of storage space [...]
Gold, Silver Post July Losses; US Mint Bullion Sales Tumble
Gold fell to a six-week low Thursday, dropping for a third straight session, driving further below $1,300 an ounce, and logging a 3% monthly decline.
Gold for December delivery lost $14.10, or 1.1%, to settle at $1,282.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Cuts In-Person Kennedy Gold Coin Limit to One
This morning, July 31, the United States Mint announced that it is reducing the limit of in-person purchases of dual-dated 1964-2014 Proof 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half-Dollar Gold Coins to one from the previously stated two-coin limit.
Tom Jurkowsky, U.S. Mint Director of Corporate Communications, said "demand was too overwhelming" and they wanted to give "more people an opportunity to buy." [...]
US Mint Sales: Silver and Clad Sets Perk Up
The biggest U.S. Mint sales news is the Kennedy clad set's opening-day run of 68,974, followed by its weekend pick up of 15,619 to score four-day sales of 84,593.
Collectors were after sets in general. The latest U.S. Mint sales figures show sharper weekly gains across all silver sets and virtually all major proof and uncirculated clad sets [...]
Ronald Guth, ANA’s 2014 Numismatist of the Year
Ronald Guth, an author, researcher, educator, collector, and "all-around good guy," is this year's recipient of the ANA's Numismatist of the Year award.
Guth started collecting coins in 1964 and is the President of PCGS CoinFacts™ (www.PCGSCoinFacts.com), an extensive online resource for collectors that includes pages for 33,483 coins with more than 5,171 individual coin narratives [...]
Gold Dips, Silver Eagle Bullion Coins Top 26 Million
Gold ended lower for a second consecutive session Wednesday with prices now poised for an almost 2% monthly decline.
Gold for December delivery -- the new most active contract -- fell $3.60, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,296.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
1964-2014 Kennedy Gold Coin to Start at $1,240
And the starting price for the dual-dated 1964-2014 Proof 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half-Dollar Gold Coin is... $1,240.
That's how much collectors will need to hand over to get one the 50-cent gold pieces when they launch on Aug. 5 from [...]
Canadian 2014 $50 Snowy Owl Silver Coin for $50
New from the Royal Canadian Mint is its 2014 $50 Snowy Owl Silver Coin, the second in a new series of 99.99% pure silver coins that sell at their legal tender face value of $50.
Almost two dozen silver coins priced at face value have been released by the Royal Canadian Mint. These coins include [...]
