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The United States Mint on Thursday, September 30, 2010, placed the James Buchanan Presidential $1 Coin Cover on sale at a price of...

The recently discovered Bullock specimen of the 1856-O double eagle, XF45+, NGC, was the unabashed star of the Sept. 23-26 Heritage Auctions September Long Beach, CA Signature® U.S. Coin Auction, as it soared to $345,000 amidst spirited bidding.

The auction realized an impressive $13.4 million total, with almost 5,000 bidders vying for the 7,385 lots, translating into a 93% sell-through rate by value and 96% by total number of lots.

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Good Morning, With manufacturing activity results on the radar, the precious metals markets' players manufactured yet another morning full of price surges in the complex....

U.S. gold prices dipped 70 cents from its prior day record as the dollar strengthened Thursday and profit-taking emerged. However, the metal continues...

Congressional members have been voting on a series of bills as they prepare to leave Washington and return to their home districts to focus full time on their re-elections.

One of the bills would authorize American Palladium Eagles. The other would authorize Proof American Eagles, giving them equal weight to bullion coins. Both were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on September 22, 2010. Each were voted on exactly one week later -- supersonic speed for coin legislation. They passed on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, and now await action in the U.S. Senate.

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Make it a streak of two. United States Mint product sales improved for a second straight week.

Record gold prices, 30-year high silver prices, and the debuting of two new numismatic products certainly supported the numbers.

All but one U.S. Mint bullion coin shot higher. The exception was the half-ounce American Gold Eagle. It remained unchanged. Other fractional sizes joined in simultaneous advances on Wednesday, an occurrence that has become rare since their initial launch on June 10, 2010. With still one day left in September for sales, the one-ounce, quarter-ounce and tenth-ounce Gold Eagle have exactly doubled their August tallies.

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Good Morning, Thursday precious metals markets' opening tallied offered more of the same fare as has been on tap since at least the middle of...

U.S. gold prices on Wednesday marked their 10th record high in the last 12 trading days, stopping just above $1,310 an ounce as the...

23.49 million more bills were produced in August as compared to July, the latest round of U.S. currency production figures from the U.S....