In The Lead – PGMs = Promising Group of Metals. Part...
This morning's opening in precious metals was showing gold prices marginally higher, spot silver bids somewhat lower, and some mild gains in platinum and palladium.
Rhodium fell $25 to $1,275 per ounce. Pre-long-weekend book-squaring –and not just in precious metals- was beginning to become manifest as participants began tallying up the week that was [...]
Gold Gains 0.6% as Silver Rallies 2.3%, US Coins Up
Gold advanced more than $9 Thursday, bucking a three-day losing streak in which prices pulled back $43.30 to below $1,550 an ounce.
Gold prices for June delivery gained $9.10, or 0.6%, to $1,557.50 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Prices traded between an intraday low of $1,551.00 and a high of $1,577.70 [...]
US Mint Sales: 2012 Proof Sets Lead Debuting Products
2012 Proof Sets continue to make their mark as the U.S. Mint's best-selling numismatic product, the latest sales figures from the bureau reveal.
Two-week sales of 2012 Proof Sets are at 261,799 with a weekly increase of 18,305 after their sales debut of 243,494. As was expected due the set's popularity, the amount was larger than totals for last week's new products which feature Kennedy halves and Native American $1 coins [...]
US Mint Adds Key Releases to 2012 Product Schedule
A commemorative coin set, an annual silver proof set, 2012 America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins and this week's newly announced San Francisco produced circulating quality ATB quarters are just a few of the numismatic items listed in the updated product schedule from the United States Mint.
This listing offers anticipated release dates for the U.S. Mint products which will be issued between now and the end of August [...]
Watermelon Collection of Banknotes Offered by Stack’s Bowers in August
Stack's Bowers Galleries, leading auctioneer and retailer of premium collectible coins, currency and precious metals, announces the offering of a sophisticated collection of United States Federally Issued banknotes pedigreed as the Watermelon Collection.
This advanced assortment covers nearly all genres of the large size type issuance and will be a featured collection in the Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of MoneySM this August in Philadelphia [...]
2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins Sought
A newly introduced Senate bill calls for commemorative coins in calendar year 2016 to honor the Pro Football Hall of Fame located in Canton, Ohio.
Matching language to a House version (H.R. 4104) which was submitted for consideration in late February, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act would authorize gold, silver and clad commemorative coins in calendar year 2016 to recognize and celebrate football, its legends and to preserve the sport's memorabilia [...]
Gold Prices Retreat Below $1,550, Smaller US Gold Coins Selling
Gold prices declined the most in three sessions Wednesday, registering a combined drop of $43.30, or 2.7%, since Friday when the yellow metal was on a two-day rallying streak which totaled to $55.30.
Losses in gold and other commodities were attributed to strength in the U.S. dollar as concerns grow over Greece possibly leaving the European Union [...]
In The Lead – Sail Away
Another day of substantial selling in the precious metals complex brought gold prices right back to the $1,550 value zone, raising legitimate questions about whether the numerous calls of a bottom occurring last week were perhaps premature considering the unresolved situation over in Europe.
Albeit gold managed a relatively swift climb from last Wednesday's $1,526 low to $1,600 on Monday, the pullback on Tuesday as well as overnight took shape with an equal amount of speed and (this time) selling energy [...]
Circulating Quality 2012-S America the Beautiful Quarters for Collectors
This year the United States Mint facility in San Francisco will produce circulating quality 2012-S America the Beautiful Quarters® which will be sold only within collector products.
These quarters with the "S" mint mark will not enter normal commerce via banks and other financial institutions like most other American coinage produced for circulation. Instead, the new coins will be [...]
1879 Stellas Highlight Heritage US Coin Auctions at Long Beach
Classic coin rarities and a few unexpected treasures are among the highlights of the upcoming Heritage Auctions Long Beach Signature® U.S. Coin auction, May 31-June 3.
The proof four dollar gold pieces, or "Stellas," in the auction are the perfect illustration of this mix. There are three of the famous patterns in the auction, two of the familiar Judd-1635 1879 Flowing Hair type in gold [...]
