2012 American Silver Eagle San Francisco Set Sales at 85,341
One-day unit sales of the 2012 American Silver Eagle San Francisco Set hit 85,341. That accumulates to a dollar total of $12,796,883 at the set's $149.95 price.
Released on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at noon ET, the United States Mint reported the set's debuting sales at around 2:30 PM ET on Friday, June 8, 2012. A slice of that time was [...]
Third 2012 America the Beautiful Quarter Release in Week of June...
Early next week will be busy with three 25-cent product releases. The United States Mint plans to offer up products with the third design in the America the Beautiful Quarters® series which depicts Main's Acadia National Park.
Beginning on Monday, June 11, 2012, the U.S. Mint will launch the 2012 Acadia National Park Quarter in [...]
In The Lead – How Beige Is Red
A renewed slide in gold prices commenced shortly after the release of the Fed's Beige Book on Wednesday afternoon and it then intensified into Thursday with the parsing of the Bernanke Congressional testimony.
Both of these events contributed to frustrating the commodity bulls who expected more bad news from the Beige Book and more than just hints of an imminent QE from the Fed Chairman [...]
Heritage’s US Coin Auction Tops $12.6M at Long Beach
Collectors had American gold rarities on their minds May 31-June 3 at the Long Beach Convention Center during Heritage Auctions' $12.67 million U.S. Coins Signature® Auction, as an 1879 $4 Flowing Hair, Judd-1635, Pollock-1833, PR64 PCGS rose to the top of the auction with a final price realized of $184,000.
Two coins tied for the second and third spots in the auction's top tier: a rare and beautiful 1887 $10 PR65 Cameo NGC [...]
Gold and Silver Tumble, Gold Eagle Coin on Sales Board
Gold on Thursday gave back more than it gained during the previous two days after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's highly anticipated speech provided no indication of impending stimulus.
Gold prices for August delivery plunged $46.20, or 2.8%, to settle at $1,588.00 an ounce on the Comex in New York [...]
2012-S American Silver Eagle Two-Coin Proof Set Ordering Begins
Starting at noon Eastern Time (ET), the United States Mint began accepting orders for its 2012-S San Francisco American Silver Eagle Two-Coin Proof Set which was released at the expected price of $149.95. An ordering deadline has been implemented with sales cutting off in four weeks, on July 5, at 5 PM ET.
Order volume was exceptionally high early as the U.S. Mint website went through what have become traditional hiccups during the debut of popular products -- periods of complete downtime, inability to place orders and general sluggishness [...]
US Coin Sales: Annual Products Top Bicentennial Silver Dollar Set Debut
According to the latest U.S. Mint sales figures, three annually issued products were more attractive to collectors than releases last week of the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial Silver Dollar Set and the 2012-P El Yunque Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin.
Debut sales of Bicentennial Silver Dollar Sets reached 9,430 between Friday and Monday, or about six times more than the individually sold proof Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollar which is also in the set [...]
PCGS Reveals Winners of Coin Grading Contest
Ventura County, California collector Mike Kittle is the winner of the coin grading competition sponsored by PCGS Photograde™ Online recently conducted at the May - June 2012 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo.
He was awarded a $20 Saint-Gaudens gold coin graded PCGS Secure Plus MS65 valued at $2,000, according to PCGS President Don Willis [...]
Gold Gains 1.1% as Silver Spikes 3.8%, US Silver Coins Up
Gold and silver prices rallied for the third time in four sessions on Wednesday. Precious metals were supported by a weaker U.S. dollar, rising hopes of a coordinated response to the debt crisis in Europe, and riskier investor attitudes.
The major metals moved in parallel with surging U.S. stocks as the Dow and S&P 500 logged their best day of the year [...]
2010-2012 America the Beautiful 5 Oz Silver Coins, Sales, El Yunque...
U.S. Mint sales of America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Coins had been cooling. They received a jolt following the first 2012-dated release honoring El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico.
Produced in investment-grade bullion for investors and in uncirculated quality for coin collectors, both versions were recently issued by the U.S. Mint for El Yunque [...]
