Coin Talk

Three of over a dozen United States Mint gold coins which had their prices raised. Prices are now higher for United States Mint platinum and gold coins produced for coin collectors. The Mint raised them as a result of rising metal values. Coin prices can get adjusted weekly based on the Mint’s product pricing policy [...]

Gold futures advanced for a second straight day and to a six-week high Thursday as its appeal intensified following an unexpected interest rate cut by the European Central Bank which reignited inflation chatter. "Gold has started to revert back into its role as a safe-haven play and this (rate cut) is not changing that," Reuters [...]

Gold stumbled Monday, paring its monthly gain in October to 2.90, or 6.3 percent. Silver prices dived by nearly on the day, but still finished up .27, or 14.2 percent for the month. A stronger U.S. dollar was blamed for the yellow metal’s daily loss, which silver tracked. "The movements in the dollar … you [...]

Gold futures edged lower Friday, snapping a five-day winning streak, but still registering an explosive weekly gain of $111.10, or 6.8 percent. Gold prices dipped 50 cents to close Friday at $1,747.20 an ounce in the December futures contract on the Comex in New York. The yellow metal ranged between an intraday low of $1,733.00 [...]

Gold futures closed lower for a second straight day Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened amid news of slowing Chinese growth and a potential downgrade of France’s AAA credit rating. "Gold does not seem to garner the same safe-haven demand that we did several weeks back, when we’d have seen concerning news out of Europe [...]

U.S. gold and silver prices started the week lower Monday after last week’s gains as investors turned skittish, opined analysts, over the latest developments in Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. "With renewed concerns that Europe will not have any progress any time soon, you are seeing investors take profits on the stock markets and that spills [...]

U.S. gold prices rose 1.3 percent and peaked toward a three-week high Wednesday, but it was silver that led the percentage gains among the major metals with its 2.5 percent increase. Jon Nadler, Senior Analyst at Kitco Metals Inc, notes: "The same excuses that were called into duty to explain why markets fell on Tuesday were swiftly [...]

The United States Mint may raise prices on collector gold and commemorative coins. As a result of higher trending precious metals, prices for United States Mint collector gold and commemorative coins may increase Wednesday, October 12. (See possible coin prices.) If price hikes occur, they would mark a sixth straight week that the Mint has [...]

Gold futures retreated nearly Tuesday, slicing off nearly one-third of the previous day’s gains as investors awaited a Slovakian vote on approving the European Union bailout fund. "There is an incredible amount of headline risk at the moment because of the unclarity behind all the news out of the EU that may underpin gold or [...]

The United States Mint has ended the sales suspensions for its numismatic silver product offerings. The coins were made available Friday, October 7, and the silver sets returned earlier in the week. The difference was the coins came back with lower prices while the price of the sets were the same. The eight items that [...]