The Royal Mint unveils the new effigy of King Charles III and a pair of coins that will feature it The sad death of Queen Elizabeth II was an event that's been long planned for, it eventually comes to all of us, of course, and amongst those plans was the change in effigy used on the [...]
Royal Mint opens the voting for their Coin of the Year poll The Royal Mint has opened the voting to choose Britain's favourite coin design of 2021. There are 35 designs in the poll, with a simple vote button under each, so head on over and make a choice. If I'm honest, it's a fairly lacklustre [...]
APMEX Shows Decade-Long Commitment to Serve the Hungry We usually stick to new product here, AgAuNEWS is a one-man band, after all, and time is always short, but we're going to cover a few related stories now and then. This one seems a good place to continue, as we've often bemoaned the lack of giveback this [...]
The Royal Mint releases updated mintage information on the ten rarest circulating 50 pence coins Probably the most popular of all British circulating currency when it comes to collectability, the iconic seven-sided fifty pence coin has seen an explosion of new releases over the last decade. In the proof commemorative market alone, the Royal [...]
Interesting statement from the Royal Mint today. An increase in demand for small fractional gold, which also ties in with our observation that 0.5 gram minigold coins continue to be popular as choice expands. Whether based in reality or not, there still seems to be a general acceptance that gold is safe and permanent. PRESS RELEASE 19.01.2021: [...]
2018 was another poor year for bullion coin sales at the US Mint, but Perth shows positive signs Time for a look at how well the United States Mint and the Perth Mint did in 2018 at shifting their gold and silver bullion products. Overall, the report card would read 'not great [...]
ITS ALIVE! Signs of recovery in gold and silver bullion sales at the US and Perth Mint's It appears the death of silver and gold bullion at the Perth and US Mints has been exaggerated. In what is the first real positive piece of news so far in 2018, there have been [...]
Gold sales rise, but silver continues to struggle at the Perth and United States Mints A quick look at sales of the gold and silver American Eagle coins, as well as minted gold and silver at the Perth Mint, has uncovered no signs that the woes of silver will be abating any [...]
May 2018 silver and gold sales at the US Mint and the Perth Mint We've made a few changes to the format for showing how well, or badly, the US Mint and the Perth Mint are doing with their bullion sales and hopefully we'll stick with this one. The first graph in [...]
Perth and US Mint bullion coin sales show little change in a relatively stagnant April Very little of note with sales of Eagle bullion coins, or of bullion issues at the Perth Mint compared to April 2017. That must come as some relief after a succession of terrible reports, but we need to remember [...]
