Gold Slips Below $1300, Silver Snaps 4-Session Win Streak
Gold broke away from a three-session win streak, ending the first day of the new trading week a buck below $1,300 an ounce.
Gold for June delivery dipped $1.80, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,299 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Chief Justice Roberts Engraved Portrait Available
Earlier this month the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) began selling engraved portraits of John Glover Roberts, Jr., the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States.
When discussions of the BEP come up, they usually focus on money. The bureau prints billions of dollars each month from its facilities in Washington, DC, and Fort Worth, Texas. However, the BEP also [...]
Gold Ends Week Above $1300; US Mint Silver Bullion Coins Jump
Three consecutive session gains lifted gold modestly higher on the week as it along with silver and palladium each advanced 0.5%. Platinum was alone with a weekly loss, slipping 0.3%.
U.S. Mint sales of gold bullion coins pulled back this week but they took off for silver coins [...]
Retrospective of Kennedy Half-Dollar for Anniversary
This week the United States Mint unveiled Part I of a four-part series about John F. Kennedy and the half-dollar coin which honors him.
Presented online at www.usmint.gov, the retrospective commemorates the 50 anniversary of the coin's release with the first installment entitled Creating the Kennedy Half-Dollar [...]
ANA Adds Spousetivities to Summer Seminar
The 2014 American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado kicks off in June, and for spouses and family members accompanying their numismatists, the ANA added "Spousetivities" to the program.
Spousetivities are organized activities designed to entertain while the significant other is attending educational classes [...]
Baseball Clad Half-Dollar Intro Prices End on Monday
This year's curved National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins have been an enormous success with the $5 gold and $1 silver editions quickly selling out.
If you've been on the sidelines waiting to buy the clad half-dollars, now's the time to make your move. Wait too much longer and you'll pay more [...]
Gold Gains on Safe-Haven Demand, US Mint Gold Coins Up
Gold prices advanced for a second straight session Thursday, spurred by safe-haven demand as tensions increased between Russia and Ukraine.
Gold for June delivery rose $6, or 0.5%, to end at $1,290.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Sacred Teaching of Love Depicted on Canadian Silver Coin
A new series of coins celebrating the art, culture and history of the First Nations debuted from the Royal Canadian Mint this month. Entitled The Seven Sacred Teachings, the series includes seven 99.99% fine silver coins with selective gold plating.
These coins include the following themes and release dates [...]
Tara Crosby of Georgia Wins 2014 PNG YN Scholarship
Tara Crosby of Alpharetta, Georgia, is the winner of the Professional Numismatists Guild's 2014 Young Numismatist Scholarship competition.
Courtesy of PNG, Crosby, will now attend one of the two week-long 2014 ANA Summer Seminar sessions in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She's interested in a digital photography class [...]
US Mint Sales: Silver Eagles, Baseball Halves Most Sought Coins
Along with 50c National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins, staple and annually issued U.S. Mint products bubbled to top positions in the latest sales report.
There's no shock at seeing proof Silver Eagles and core Proof Sets floating high weeks to months past their launch, but it's rare for clad halves to mingle amongst the popular crowd [...]
