Coin Talk

http://www.kitco.com/ Gold, silver, and the noble metals traded lower this morning as profit taking prior to the weekend emerged and players took chips off the market tables in the wake of a very good week indeed. Gold traded between ,730 and ,750 while silver oscillated between the .75 and .75 mileposts. Pre-weekend rallies are not [...]

The American Eagle 25th Anniversary Silver Coin Set went on sale Thursday, October 27, at noon ET and quickly sold out with buyers grabbing all 100,000 by around 4:30 p.m. At a price of 9.95 each, plus .95 for shipping and handling, that means the United States Mint pulled in more than million in just [...]

The Royal Canadian Mint (www.mint.ca) is proud to announce it has crafted the world’s first 10-kilo 99.999% pure gold coin and that this exquisite numismatic creation has been dedicated to Bill Reid’s The Spirit of Haida Gwaii; one of the most celebrated masterpieces of Canadian art. The Spirit of Haida Gwaii pure gold coin is [...]

Vicksburg Quarter Three-Coin Set Sales were higher for 49 United States Mint numismatic products, an improvement that was perhaps due to the launch of a new item, the Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter Three-Coin Set. Silver Eagles also continued to sell in great strides. The Vicksburg Quarter Three-Coin Set was actually the third best seller [...]

Having launched Thursday at noon ET, a stampede of orders maxed out all 100,000 of the available American Silver Eagle 25th Anniversary Sets in less than five hours. The United States Mint placed a waiting list notice on the set’s online product page, stating: [...]Read the rest of Waiting List for Silver Eagle 25th Anniversary Sets [...]

The American Silver Eagle 25th Anniversary Set is now available from the United States Mint for 9.95, plus the standard shipping and handling fee of .95. The anniversary set, as expected, went on sale at Noon Eastern Time on Thursday, October 27, 2011. The U.S. Mint American Silver Eagle 25th Anniversary Set went on sale [...]

The newly passed legislation suggests convex and concave shapes similar to the 2009 International Year of Astronomy coins by the Monnaie de Paris (French Mint). The Mint images above show the gold coin and its shape. Commemorative coins celebrating the National Baseball Hall of Fame are one step closer to becoming reality. Introduced on July [...]

Ed Harbuz, CEO of The Perth Mint, stands beside the massive 1 Tonne Australian Gold Kangaroo Coin In a move likely to intrigue anyone who hears about it, the Perth Mint of Australia (www.perthmint.com.au) has unveiled an enormous 1 tonne Gold Kangaroo Coin. The Australian strike is touted by the Perth as the "biggest, heaviest, [...]

Although the latest sales report was a shorter week than the last, 2011 Proof Silver Eagles made it back to the top of the sales chart with a gain of 16,015 in six days. In the previous report, they climbed 3,674 over eight days. Perhaps the factors helping the Silver Eagles were its lower price [...]

U.S. Mint image of the Glacier National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Today, at 12:00 PM (noon) ET, the United States Mint released the collectible Glacier National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin. One factor that may give a boost to easing sales in the coin series will be its lower price of 9.95, [...]