US Mint Suspends Production of More Gold and Silver Coins
The United States Mint has officially announced the suspension of another slate of gold and silver products. The affected products are 2009 dated American Gold and Silver Eagle coins produced for collectors. These coins are considered collectible versions of the bullion coins. Although these are collectible coins, they represent a sizable amount of
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February 2009 US Mint Gold, Silver, and Platinum Bullion Sales
Another month has gone by already, so let's take a look at the US Mint's bullion sales for the month of February. As an indicator of demand the bullion sales are not as useful as they used to be. This is because
2009 Ultra High Relief Gold Double Eagles: US Mint Can’t Deliver Their Own Hype
Back in December, I examined the upcoming 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin offering from the US Mint. I expressed the opinion
January 2009 US Mint Gold, Silver, and Platinum Bullion Sales
Many track the tonnes in the trust for Gold and Silver ETFs in order to gauge the continuing growth in investment demand for precious metals. This year, I wanted to try my own version of tracking precious
Silver Investment Demand
In a previous post, I reviewed the amount of silver bullion sold by the United States Mint during 2008. With this post, I will take a longer term look at silver demand, which highlights the
US Mint Raises Premiums on Silver Eagle Bullion Coins (Again)
Today, the United States Mint published notification that they would be raising the premiums charged for American Silver Eagle bullion coins. This refers to the premium above the price of silver at which the US Mint sells the bullion coins to Authorized Purchasers. The premium will increase from $1.40
Silver Availability, CFTF Silver Investigation, Morgan Stanley Gold Forecast
As gold closes above the $900 level in US Dollars and reaches new all time highs in the euro, British pound, and Canadian dollar, let's take a look at some recent gold, silver, and precious metals related stories that are worth reading. Real
Actions of the US Mint Discourage Gold Ownership
Over the past several months, the United States Mint has announced a series of actions and policy changes that make it more difficult for the average individual to buy gold. There have always been plausible or semi-plausible explanations, but the consequence of each action has been to limit or discourage
2008 US Mint Gold, Silver & Platinum Bullion Coin Sales
With the dust somewhat settled for the prior year, we now have some complete US Mint sales data on sales of gold, silver, and platinum bullion coins. As expected, the numbers show some large percentage increases from prior year sales. In particular silver bullion sales reached an all time record high
US Mint Unveils New Pricing Policy
The US Mint unveiled a new pricing policy which covers all Gold and Platinum Numismatic Products. This pricing policy does not refer to any of the bullion offerings, but only the numismatic
