Boy Scouts Silver Dollar Coins Launch Tuesday, Order Limit Surprise

The United States Mint today officially announced the launch date and order limits for the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar. The commemorative BSA coins go on sale Tuesday, March 23, at noon Eastern Time.

Gold Jumps 1.5%, Silver Advances 1.4%

New York gold futures rallied on Tuesday, reaching toward $1,130 an ounce as the U.S. dollar weakened and oil gained the most since Feb. 16. Silver and platinum ended higher as well, rising 1.4 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively.
The federal reserve’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged and maintain them at near zero [...]

US Government Prints More Money in February 2010

The US government printed more money in February 2010 than in January, according to the agency responsible for manufacturing US currency. However, the total value of the notes was slightly less than the prior month.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) last week released the latest production figures for February which show it [...]

Royal Danish Mint issues gold coin for queen’s birthday

The Royal Danish Mint has launched a commemorative gold coin next month in honour of the 70th birthday of Denmark’s queen.
Weighing 8.65g and measuring 22mm in diameter, the 1,000-krone coin features a brand new portrait of the monarch designed by sculptor Lis Nogel on the obverse.The news feeds on this site are independently provided by [...]

Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – 3/17/2010

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In a familiar replay of the past fourteen months’ worth of meetings, the Fed concluded on Tuesday that doing nothing as regards the fed funds rate at least, was still the most reasonable course of action. The US central bank thereby acknowledged that the U.S. economic turnaround is still not sufficiently vigorous to [...]

Coin Monday: Double Provenance

Heritage Auction Galleries
March 15, 2010Written by John Dale
Provenance, pedigree (the term Heritage coin catalogers use informally), a roster of previous owners…whatever it’s called, a coin’s past can be a boon to its value. While there’s no provenance that can save a coin from itself—a harshly cleaned coin remains harshly cleaned, regardless of who owned it—the [...]

2010 Husky Silver Coin Continues Australian Antarctic Territory Series

Portraying a beauty that will inspire the imagination of coin collectors and animal lovers around the world, the Perth Mint has released the seventh coin in the highly successfully Australian Antarctic Territory series, the 2010 Husky Silver Proof Coin.
Struck from one ounce of 99.9% pure silver, the Husky coin features a colorful image of the [...]

Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Available March 23

WASHINGTON – The United States Mint announced today that it will begin accepting orders for the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar on March 23, at noon Eastern Time (ET).

2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollars – Proof and Uncirculated Versions
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The Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative [...]

CAC Keeping Strict Coin Grading Standards

Change may be in the air at one or more coin grading services, but dealers, collectors and investors will find business as usual at Certified Acceptance Corp. (CAC).
That’s the company’s message to the hobby in the wake of reports that at least one of the two largest grading services is considering the establishment of "premium-quality" [...]

Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – 3/16/2010

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Bullion prices climbed towards $1115 overnight as overseas market participants helped gold recover from its two-week lows on the back of some bargain hunting in the low $1100’s and the continuing favourable nod it is receiving from various quarters worried about the impact of credit woes on certain [...]

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