Tag: silver
Gold Prices Back Above $1,800
Morning trading on July 8, 2021, saw gold prices track above $1,800 per ounce after the yellow metal had been hovering between $1,755 and...
Coin Trading Through the Centuries
By R.W. Julian
As we make our way through 2020, United States citizens continue to practice safe distancing, and businesses continue to operate under detailed...
COINage Profile: 1971 Eisenhower Dollar
The Eisenhower dollar, struck from 1971 through 1978, holds the distinction as America's last circulating silver dollar. Even though the vast majority were made...
Gold & Silver Prices Are Hitting Recent Lows… Here’s What To...
Gold and silver prices are falling to lows not seen in some time. While investors who bought gold when it was $1,600 or $1,700...
Earliest U.S. Circulating Currency
BY DONALD H. KAGIN, PH.D.
It is now clear that the first circulating currency issued by the United States was not the Demand Notes of...
Worth Its Weight In Silver
By R.W. Julian
When the first settlers from Britain came to what is now the United States, there was little in the way of coined...
Lunar Landing Program Launches Jan. 24
The United States Mint will open sales for its 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative program at noon EST Jan 24, it announced this week.
Coin Investing is About More than Gold
These days, even the U.S. Mint is manufacturing, promoting, and selling coins made from precious metals other than the conventional gold and silver, the most widely touted as investments.
On This Day: ‘In God We Trust’
January 1, 1866: United States silver and gold coins begin bearing the motto, "In God We Trust." The one exception: the dime, due to its...
Don’t Let Market Cycles Take You for a Ride
Each new year usually is a time of optimistic anticipation. It’s viewed by many as a fresh start to personal lives and for some hobbyists and dealers, also a fresh start for the rare coin market.