US Mint Sales: Silver Eagles Strolling at 1.25 Million

With the United States Mint headquarters closed down due to winter storms during the first four business days of last week, coin sales were not reported last Wednesday. This week’s report, therefore, includes two weeks worth of data instead of the normal one.

2010 Commemorative Silver Dollar Prices: Boy Scouts and Disabled Vet Coins

The United States Mint has published the prices for its two 2010 Commemorative Silver Dollar Coins. As it has done in the past, the US Mint will offer reduced, introductory pricing. The 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Silver Dollar launches first on February 25, 2010, in proof and uncirculated conditions for $39.95 and […]

Silver Weekly Prices Jump 4.2% in New York

Silver prices marked gains in the second week in February after tumbling nearly 20% during the three prior weeks. Despite slight losses on Friday, weekly silver prices jumped 4.2% in New York and 1.1% in London. For the most part, silver followed gold’s direction, and gold moved opposite of the US dollar. The greenback was […]

Silver Tumbles Nearly 20% in Three Weeks

Silver prices ended the first week in February with deepened losses. The metal has caved by almost 20 percent since mid-January. While the enormous losses could present a buying opportunity next week, little is in the news front to suggest a direction of north or south. Precious metals have thus far been commanded by the […]

US Mint Sales: Silver Products Fall to Three

The portion of the weekly sales report from the United States Mint covering silver coins is getting smaller and smaller. Last week’s Annual Uncirculated Dollar Set sell out brought the amount of US Mint’s silver related offerings down to three — two collector driven products released last year, and the new 2010 American Silver Eagle […]

2008 US Annual Uncirculated Dollar Set Sells Out

It is atypical to talk about a two-year-old-dated US Mint product only selling out now, but that is exactly the case with the 2008 United States Mint Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set. The Mint set sold out on Thursday, with the most recent sales figures showing that 98,896 were snapped up by Monday, January 25, […]

Silver’s Slide Ends in January, 2010

Silver prices can head no lower in January, but only because the trading days ended for the month on Friday. Silver tumbled during the first month in 2010, falling 4.1 percent in London and 3.9 percent in New York. The strength of the US dollar and worries over industrial demand were commonly cited for silver […]

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