CoinWeek October 12-18, 2009

What’s New on CoinLink …….. Olympic Medals – As unique as the world’s top athletes and their awe-inspiring performances, every medal won at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be a one-of-a-kind work of art. NGC recently certified the unique Ecuador 1862 50 Francos struck in gold. This classic rarity of 19th-century [...]

Top 5 Reasons To Add Precious Metals To Your IRA

Now, more than ever, people are looking for ways to help secure their hard-earned retirement dollars after significant losses due to the weakness in the stock market and U.S. economy over the past year. Precious metals are a great way to diversify your holdings and likely increase your financial security. Here are the APMEX Top [...]

Reward Now $159,250 in New Jersey Coin Theft

(Fallbrook, California) — The combined total of the cash reward offered by the Professional Numismatists Guild, PNG member-dealers and others is now $159,250. The money will be given for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief or thieves who recently stole rare coins from long-time PNG member-dealer Julian M. Leidman of Silver [...]

Aussie and Gold Review

The LFB submits: The yearly charts of gold and aussie movements are highly correlated, and as the week unwinds the market looks set to make a test on both asset classes. If there is not enough time this week to follow through, it sets up a perfect play for a Monday trade, especially with a [...]

$22,000 Reward Offered in New Jersey Coin Theft

(Fallbrook, California) – The Professional Numismatists Guild and six individual dealers are offering a combined total of $22,000 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief or thieves who stole rare coins from long-time PNG member-dealer Julian M. Leidman of Silver Spring, Maryland. This pattern 1879 silver dollar and off-center [...]

Gold Reaches New Record Highs, Dollar Sees Record Lows Again

Mark O’Byrne submits: Gold Gold has traded at new nominal record highs (over $1,070/oz) and is currently trading at $1.066/oz. In EUR and GBP terms, gold is trading at €715/oz and £665.90/oz respectively. Resistance currently lies at $1,070/oz with initial support at $1,050/oz and then at $1,040/oz. With oil back above $75 per barrel and [...]

95th US BANK FAILURE IN ’09; ANALYSTS WARN FDIC FUND COULD BE IN RED BY 2010

By MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer Marcy Gordon, Ap Business Writer – Fri Sep 25, 5:39 pm ET WASHINGTON – Regulators on Friday shut down Atlanta-based Georgian Bank, the 95th U.S. bank to fail this year as loan defaults rise in the worst financial climate in decades. In coming months, more banks are expected to buckle under the weight [...]

Consider Gold’s Price Increase as a Currency Event

EconomicRot submits: Video below seemed appropriate with Gold topping $1020 Wednesday. Note: A currency crisis is not a matter of "if" – it’s more a question of "when". Gold is your personal hedge against this future event. Read more »

PNG Accepts Two Members’ Resignations, Ratifies Automatic Third

(Fallbrook, California) – The Executive Director of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), Robert Brueggeman, has announced that the PNG Board of Directors has accepted the resignations of the following member-dealers: Allan Davisson of Cold Spring, Montana (PNG #553) and Edward J. Waddell, Jr. of Frederick, Maryland (PNG #275) (…)Read the rest of PNG Accepts Two [...]

Hidden Valley starting up, Harmony eyes next moves in PNG

South Africa’s Harmony Gold expects a prefeasibility study on the large Wafi-Golpu gold/copper prospects, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), to be completed in 2011, possibly followed by a definitive feasibility study in 2013, CEO Graham Briggs said in a presentation on Tuesday. Harmony owns the assets in a 50:50 joint venture with Australia’s Newcrest Mining, [...]

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