Gold Dives 9.3%, Silver Tumbles 11.3%, Both at Multi-Year Lows
Precious metals spiraled south for a second session Monday with gold and silver sinking to multi-year lows.
Gold for June delivery dived $140.30, or 9.3%, to end at $1,361.10 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The settlement price was the lowest since February 2011 and the one-day dollar drop the biggest since January 1980 [...]
2013-W Silver Eagle Two-Coin Set Price, Sales Window
Additional release details are available for the 2013 American Silver Eagle Two-Coin Set from West Point.
There are no mintage or household limits, but sales are restricted to a four-week window with an ordering deadline of [...]
Gold, Silver Plunge in Weekly Loss; US Bullion Coins Surge
Precious metals were pulverized Friday with gold closing at a 21-month low and silver ending at its lowest price in 28 months.
No metal was spared for the week as a result. Weekly losses stacked to 4.7% for gold, 3.3% for silver, 2.6% for platinum and 2.0% for palladium [...]
Baseball Coin Design Competition Underway
"Batter Up! Pitch your coin design today," exclaims the United States Mint as a new contest gets underway. The Baseball Coin Design Competition seeks to find a winning design for the obverse or heads side of 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins.
If the chance of finding your design on an American coin is not enough, the winning artist is awarded $5,000 and [...]
Gold Bounces on Dollar Weakness, Silver Gains, US Coins Higher
Gold rebounded Thursday after plunging in the previous session for its biggest one-day loss in more than five months.
Gold for June delivery bounced up $6.10, or 0.4%, to $1,564.90 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Prices ranged from an intraday low of $1,553.00 to a high of $1,568.10. [...]
US Mint Sales: Perry’s Victory Quarters Debut
2013 Perry's Victory quarters make their first appearance on U.S. Mint sales boards. This second quarter for 2013 and the 17th overall in the America the Beautiful Quarters® series features a reverse design emblematic of Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial in Ohio.
Six products with Perry's Victory quarters debuted on April 1, 2013. They include [...]
Gold Tumbles 1.8% After Fed Notes, Silver Falls 0.8%
Gold tumbled Wednesday as bearish-leaning news broke about the Fed's latest FOMC minutes, Goldman Sachs cutting its price forecasts and Cyprus selling some of its gold reserves.
Gold for June delivery declined $27.90, or 1.8%, to settle at $1,558.80 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The loss was the biggest for a day since [...]
U.S. Mint at San Francisco, Preparing Coin Dies
What is a coin die? In the world of Play-Doh, dies would be the plastic shapes kids use to mold their imaginary toys. In the real world at the U.S. Mint at San Francisco, dies create more than 20 million proof coins a year to generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue.
Before we jump into the photo presentation about how the San Francisco Mint prepares coin dies for minting [...]
Gold, Silver Gain; US Silver Coins Advance
Gold closed to its highest price in a week Tuesday after dipping Monday for the fourth time in five sessions.
Gold for June delivery rebounded $14.20, or 0.9%, to end at $1,586.70 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The settlement price was [...]
