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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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
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
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
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
Precious metals futures moved narrowly Thursday with all but palladium sliding slightly. Gold edged down yet neared its 2018 low of $1,224 an ounce. Gold for August delivery declined $6.10, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,225.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. “The rise is partially to do with the news that
The 2018 Proof Set is one of the most unique collectibles from the United States Mint this year debuts today at noon Eastern with the release of the 2018-S Silver Reverse Proof Set. U.S. Mint image of the 2018-S Silver Reverse Proof Set. The 10 coins of the set are divided into two individual lenses.
Precious metals futures posted narrow changes Tuesday. Gold moved the least, slipping less than 0.1%. Gold for August delivery edged down a dime to end at $1,225.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. “Some mild short covering by the shorter-term futures traders is featured in both [gold and silver] markets today, to
The Herzog Collection will hit ANA Auction! One of the finest collections ever assembled of American monetary instruments, the John E. Herzog Collection of United States Loan Certificates 1837-2000, will be sold by Stack’s Bowers Galleries at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money Aug. 14. The collection was formed over five decades by
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The finest-known surviving example of a Half Disme, the first coins made for circulation by the young United States Mint in 1792, will return to Philadelphia for a “homecoming” display Aug. 14-18 at the 2018 World’s Fair of Money. The small silver coin with huge significance was formerly owned by the first Mint Director, David
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