Anne Geddes Silver Keepsake Coins Feature Sleeping Baby on Flower Bud
Her photographs are some of the most recognizable in the world and now for the first time they'll be seen on silver.
New Zealand Mint and award-winning photographer Anne Geddes have collaborated to create what could quite possibly be the cutest collectable coins ever made [...]
Gold Edges Up 0.2% to Start Week, Silver Gains 1.4%
Gold advanced slightly in thin trading Monday with London markets closed for a holiday.
Gold prices for December delivery added $2.70, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,675.60 an ounce. Prices traded from an intraday low of $1,668.50 to a high of $1,679.30 [...]
$42+ Million Realized by Stack’s Bowers in Philadelphia Coin Auctions
Stack's Bowers Galleries recently conducted the Official Auction of the Philadelphia ANA World's Fair of Money and ANA/PNG Pre-Show from August 4-10, and delivered truly outstanding results.
The sale contained exceptional coins from collections like the Battle Born Collection, the Hoosier Flyer Collection, the Dorchester Heights Collection, the Philip Winston Pillsbury Collection of Flying Eagle [...]
2012 Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Quarters Released, Bags and Rolls Available
On Monday, August 27, 2012, the United States Mint released bags and rolls of 2012 Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Quarters. Showcased on the quarter's reverse is a design emblematic of the national park located on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Hawai'i Volcanoes quarters are the fourth 2012-dated release in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. The series debuted in [...]
In The Lead – Standard Fare
The new trading week started with small losses in the precious metals complex despite a 0.14% drop in the US dollar and a near $1 advance in crude oil. Small-scale profit-taking was cited after gold market players attempted a test at the $1,680 resistance area but failed to deliver a victory just yet...
Spot gold traded at $,1670 on the bid-side while silver remained very close to the $30.75 mark in the minutes following the New York opening [...]
Gold Up 3.3% on Week as Silver Soars 9.4%, US Gold...
Precious metals scored soaring gains this week as gold jumped 3.3% to settle at a 135-day high and silver rallied 9.4% to close at 115-day high. PGM's were in between with palladium advancing 7.8% and platinum climbing 5.5%.
As for Friday, gold prices for December delivery rose marginally. The yellow metal gained 10.0 cents to close at $1,672.90 an ounce for the highest settlement price since April 12 [...]
Canadian $20 Farewell to the Penny Silver Coin for $20 Released
Another $20 coin for $20 offer from the Royal Canadian Mint has been released, but it may not last long as all previous issues in the series sold out.
The commemorative $20 Farewell to the Penny Silver Coin is the fifth issue in the extremely popular series that features coins sold at face value. This latest one is paying tribute to the elimination of the Canadian penny [...]
2015 Panama Pacific Centennial Commemorative Coins Proposed
Earlier this month, new legislation was proposed in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate calling for commemorative coins to be issued in 2015 that recognize the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the Panama Canal.
In 1915, San Francisco, California hosted the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, a world's fair that celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal [...]
Hawai’i Volcanoes Quarter Ends August Product Releases for US Mint
It was a busy August for the United States Mint, and now just one product release day remains.
Starting Monday, August 27, collectors may add 2012 P & D Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Quarters to their collections. The coin is the fourth of five 2012-dated America the Beautiful Quarters [...]
In The Lead – Reassessing QEuphoria
Friday's spot metals dealings opened to the downside amid mild profit-taking and amid incipient signs that pre-weekend book-squaring was underway.
Despite all of the bullishness on display for the better part of the week (highest in nine months) and despite the possibility that further advances towards somewhat higher price targets could still be in the works ($1,700-$1,730 gold was once again raised as a distinct possibility in EW analysis issued this week), there are those [...]
