Gold, Silver Edge Up; US Mint Gold Coin Sales Rise
Gold and silver rose slightly Wednesday after falling in the previous session on profit-taking. Platinum and palladium extended their streaks of multi-session gains.
In the numbers, gold for April delivery edged up $2.40, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,340.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2014 American Platinum Eagle Bullion Coins on Sale March 10
American Platinum Eagle Bullion Coins have returned to the United States Mint product line up.
After a five-year hiatus, the bureau announced today that it will begin selling the one-ounce, 99.95% pure platinum coins on Monday, March 10, 2014 [...]
US Mint Sales: $1 Coins Lead; Proof Silver Eagles in Reverse
Weekly figures from the United States Mint show that new products with Presidential $1 Coins are doing their job of ringing in sales.
They also show a reversal in sales of the 2014-W Proof Silver Eagle that wiped out more than a week's worth of previously reported gains [...]
US Mint Bullion Coins Mixed in February Sales
Gold and silver prices soared in February, yet the direction of United States Mint bullion coins split with sales of the bureau's American Gold Eagles stumbling and its American Silver Eagles running.
Neither of the U.S. Mint's American Eagles could compete with numbers put up in January. There is no surprise there. January is traditionally a monster sales month [...]
Gold Slips from 4-Month High; US Gold and Silver Eagles Rise
Gold and silver retreated Tuesday as profit-taking emerged following sharp gains from the prior day and as tensions eased between Russia and Ukraine to curtail safe-haven buying.
Gold for April delivery slipped $12.40, or 0.9%, to end at $1,337.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2014 50c Canadian Circulation Rolls in Special Wrap
A relative rarity becomes available to everyone, for a limited time, with the Royal Canadian Mint's release of the 2014 50-cent Special Wrap Circulation Roll.
Inside the specially-wrapped rolls are twenty-five Canadian 50-cent coins. Mintage of this release is limited to [...]
2014 25c Canadian Chipmunk Gold Coin at 0.5 Grams
An affordable 0.5 gram pure gold coin is available from the Royal Canadian Mint with the release of the 2014 25c Proof Chipmunk Gold Coin.
Its limited mintage and price point may have it poised for an eventual sell-out. No more than 10,000 of them will be issued with each currently offered for CAD $79.95, or about US $72 [...]
Gold, Silver Soar on Safe-Haven Demand; US Silver Eagles Top 9.1M
Precious metals market bulls are strong out of the gate to kick off the new trading month Monday.
Gold prices rebounded sharply from Friday losses to settle at a more than four-month high as safe-haven demand climbed along with rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine [...]
2014 Australian Silver and Gold Coin Releases for March
The Perth Mint of Australia offers collectors several new products in March that showcase varying subjects like literature, fauna and even the concept of super powers.
Among releases is the newest Mini Roo Gold Coin struck from 0.5g of 24-karat gold. The fifth release in the Perth Mint's Australia Map Shaped Coin series appears with a reverse emblematic of the koala. A celebration of the 450th Anniversary of William Shakespeare is [...]
Gold, Silver Soar in February; American Eagle Coins Mixed
Gold ended lower Friday and snapped a string of three weekly increases but it still scored a second straight monthly gain. The story was similar for silver.
U.S. Mint bullion coins, on the other hand, split. Demand in February was strong for the bureau's silver coins but softened significantly for gold coins [...]
