Gold Prices Drop to 5-Week Low, US Silver Coins Rise
Gold retreated to a five-week low Monday. It was hit, opined analysts, by technical selling after prices dropped below a key 200-day moving average.
Gold prices for April delivery fell $17.80, or 1.1%, to close at $1,649.10 an ounce [...]
50-Coin Rolls of Last Million Canadian Pennies Sell Out
The last million pennies produced for circulation by the Royal Canadian Mint are gone.
Announced for release on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, rolls of the last million pennies produced for distribution at the Royal Canadian Mint's Winnipeg facility in the spring of 2012 reached a sell-out status on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 [...]
2012-W Proof American Gold Eagle Coins Sell Out, Mintage Lows
Collectors can no longer look to the U.S. Mint to buy 2012-W Proof American Gold Eagle coins. The four-coin set sold out over the weekend, joining individually offered proofs that sold out months previously.
Released on April 19, 2012 in the four sizes of one-tenth ounce, one-quarter ounce, one-half ounce and one ounce and in a [...]
Gold Dips on Week, Silver Falls 1.6%, US Gold Coins Stronger
A stronger U.S. dollar pressured commodities. Precious metals were mixed Friday and on a weekly basis, with gold slightly lower for both and only platinum higher than a week ago.
On Friday, gold for April delivery dipped $4.40, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,666.90 an ounce on the Comex in New York. It logged only modest [...]
US Coin Production Soars Over 1.2 Billion in January 2013
For the first time since at least early into the Great Recession, U.S. circulating coin production topped 1.2 billion coins for a month, United States Mint data for January shows.
If the pace stretches through to the end of the year, 2013 annual mintages would exceed 14 billion coins. Such a level has not been recorded since 2007 [...]
S.94 Seeks to End Presidential $1 Coins
Newly introduced legislation seeks once again to put Presidential $1 Coins on the chopping block. If enacted into law, the proposed bill would strike the current legal requirement to produce dollar coins.
Senator David Vitter (R-La) introduced S.94 on Jan. 23, 2013 [...]
US Mint Sales: White Mountain Quarters Dominate in Debut
New 2013 White Mountain National Forest quarters dominated collectors' attention, based on the latest U.S. Mint sales figures.
Six products with White Mountain quarters debuted on Jan. 28, 2013. They include bags and rolls of circulating-quality coins minted from Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco with mint marks of 'D', 'P' and 'S' [...]
Gold Dips, Platinum Slides from 16-Month High, US Bullion Coins Up
Gold, silver and other precious metals declined Thursday as strength in the U.S. dollar pressured commodities.
Gold for April delivery fell $7.50, or 0.5%, to $1,671.30 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Gold had traded as low as $1,663.40 an ounce [...]
2013 Silver Maple Leaf Commemorative Coins for 25th Anniversary
Two new commemorative coins pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Silver Maple Leaf bullion coin.
Available directly from the Royal Canadian Mint is a 2013 $50 Reverse Proof 5 Ounce Silver Coin for $499.95 and a 2013 $5 Proof 1 Ounce Silver Coin with selective gold plating for $109.95 [...]
Special Rolls of Final Canadian Pennies for Circulation
In saying a final farewell to the Canadian penny, the Royal Canadian Mint set aside the last million pennies produced for circulation, placed them within special commemorative wrapped rolls and made them available to the public.
Limited to 20,000 worldwide and one per household, collectors can buy a 50-coin roll of [...]
