Weekly Market Recap 10/23/09

ScotiaMocatta, the precious metals division of the Bank of Nova Scotia, said on Thursday that gold prices could rise to a high of $1,400 an ounce in 2010 as investors turn to the metal as a store of wealth, as reported to Reuters. The unemployment rate has been increasing at an alarming rate, yet the [...]

Weekly Market Recap 10/16/09

Gold hit another record high this week, as the yellow metal moved above $1,070.00 per ounce. “There’s lots of concern about the weakness of the dollar, and this had been driving gold,” said Peter Fertig, owner of Quantitative Commodity Research to the financial website Bloomberg.com. “The fear that central bank exit strategies will come too [...]

Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection

The “Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection” by PCGS is in its second edition and is considered to be at the foremost expert on identifying and exposing counterfeit coins. Not only are the fundamentals of detecting a counterfeit coin discussed but also how to spot altered and cast counterfeit coins. One of the [...]

Weekly Market Recap 10/09/09

This week, Gold broke through its all time high and set a new benchmark at $1,061.10 per ounce. Concerns about the weakened U.S. Dollar and a second economic downturn, along with increased risk of higher inflation, were the leading causes for the commodities boost this week. Other factors had an impact as well, such as [...]

Weekly Market Recap 10/02/09

Just when Wall Street wanted you to think it was okay to wade back into the stock market, some all too familiar sharks continued to muddy the water for investors. The Fall of 2008 marked the beginning of the biggest financial down slide in the U.S. since the Great Depression. Unfortunately, not much has changed [...]

Morgan Silver Dollars Values

George T. Morgan designed the Morgan Silver Dollars. Values of these silver dollars vary depending on several factors. Like most people that are into coin collecting, the longer you are at it, the more you know. Collecting and knowing about the Morgan Silver Dollar is no exception. There were 96 different Morgan silver dollars minted [...]

How to Start Collecting Morgan Silver Dollars

How to start collecting Morgan Silver Dollars is easy just make a purchase. This coin is the most collected coin in the world and there are plenty of them out there. The main reason is simple beyond their beauty; they were minted from the largest silver strike in the history of the world. This was [...]

Collecting Morgan Silver Dollars

One of the more collectible United States silver coins are the Morgan Silver Dollars.  Minted from 1878 to 1904 and again in 1921, the Morgan silver dollars are named after their designer, George T. Morgan and these coins are .900 fine silver.  The coins came about after the famous Comstock Lode in Nevada put a [...]