The new 200-franc note has arrived. Following the launch of the 50-franc, 20-franc and 10-franc notes, this is the fourth of six denominations in the new banknote series being phased in by the Swiss National Bank between 2016 and 2019. Notes from the eighth series will remain valid until further notice. More than 20 years have passed […]
Gold and silver prices are lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday, with gold back below $1,200.00. The U.S. dollar index has regained some footing and is trading solidly higher today after sliding lower most of this week, and that’s a daily negative for the precious metals markets. December gold futures were last down $9.40 an ounce at $1,193.90. September Comex silver was last down
Precious metals futures finished lower Thursday. Gold’s loss was its first in five sessions. Gold for December delivery dropped $9.30, or 0.8%, to close at $1,194 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The finish was the lowest since last Friday, Aug. 17. “The U.S. dollar index has regained some footing and is trading solidly
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The U.S. Mint’s 2018-S Silver Reverse Proof earned the sales title for a third straight week. In this round of stats, more than double the amount sold than the Mint’s next best weekly seller. Monday, July 23, the set climbed another 9,503 units to 173,622. That’s 86.8% of the allotted 200,000 sets. Meanwhile, World War
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Precious metals futures sank Wednesday with losses ranging from 1.3% for gold to 5.9% for palladium. Gold dropped to a more than 18-month low while silver marked its worst finish in over 30 months. Elsewhere, palladium ended near a 13-month low while platinum dropped to its worst point in nearly a decade. Gold for December delivery
Die Trials are usually uniface (struck on one side) impressions using either the obverse or reverse die. These Die Trials can be fromfinished or unfinished dies. These are deliberate strikes to test a certain design or example. Metals other than the adopted composition are frequently used to strike hub trials and die trials. They are
Among the millions who participated in World War I, a few names live in history. The Red Baron is one. Lawrence of Arabia is another. Britain’s Royal Mint’s latest coin sets commemorating people and events from WWI include gold and silver £5 coins honoring “Colonel” Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia. The
By Mark Hotz For this month, I thought I’d take you way off the beaten path to a couple of towns in a state I have never covered before – Montana. The Big Sky State is chock full of small towns and obscure banks, and I found a couple of interesting ones to visit and
A new Death March medal has shed light on one of history’s tragic events. The newly established Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award was presented at the 2018 XXXV FIDEM Art Medal Congress awards banquet in Ottawa on June 3. It was awarded to Otakar Dušek, from the Czech Republic, for his Todesmarsch (Death March)
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July The Mint has two products scheduled for release in july. The 2018 American Gold Eagle one-ounce Uncirculated coin goes on sale July 12. Like the Proof version, the Uncirculated Gold Eagle is struck in 22-karat gold at the West Point Mint and features a rendition of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ classic design for the $20 double eagle on the obverse. A family of bald