United States and Perth Mints silver sales recover well but gold sales remain weak Time for a quick look at bullion coin sales from the big mints and the picture is one of a recovery from April sales, one of the worst on recent record, but not on the same period last [...]
Bullion coin nightmares at the United States and Perth Mints as sales nosedive to new lows We're all used to volatility in the precious metal bullion coin market and we're all equally aware of the seeming disconnect between where the spot price is and where we think it should be given the [...]
March is over, US & Perth Mint's bullion sales graphs updated and the pain continues Time to update the bullion sales graphs from the United States and Perth mints. It will be a while before we get the numbers for the Royal Canadian mint and even then it will only be until the end of 2016. All [...]
The Isle of Man is back in the commemorative coin game with new Tower Mint partnership After announcing a break from the Pobjoy Mint after forty years, the Isle of Man has partnered up with The Tower Mint, the last remaining London-based mint (the Royal Mint moved to Wales years ago) to [...]
February bullion coin sales charts updated for the Perth Mint and the US Mint. Huge drops It's that time of the month again when the figures for the sales volume of precious metal coin sales are released and it's showing huge drops from January, even in a month traditionally known for them. [...]
Ever growing selection of modern coins from Oceania collected in comprehensive new catalogue While sites like AgAuNEWS try their best to cover as many coins as possible, the ever increasing numbers of modern numismatics entering the marketplace make that more and more difficult. Even though we produce our Coin Series Profiles that [...]
Bullion coin sales charts updated for the Perth Mint and the US Mint for January As we usually do, the bullion sales charts have been updated to cover the first month of 2017. We've done the United States and Perth Mints but the figures for the Royal Canadian Mint are sadly still [...]
BULLION COIN SALES FOR JUNE MIXED We've updated our bullion coin sales charts for the Perth Mint and the United States Mint to cover sales in June. As usual, the Royal Canadian Mint lags behind with its figures, publishing only quaterly. The figures for July will be interesting as they should [...]
PERTH MINT JULY RELEASES Just a few hours away from Perth Mints July coins which you can see listed below. The usual mix of proof versions of bullion coins and coloured gift coins, there's also be a surprise not listed here. Well worth a look back shortly. We reckon the Star [...]
NOW YOU SEE IT. NOW YOU DON'T. What is 20 cm long, 10cm wide, 6cm thick, weighs 15kg, and worth about $600k? A gold bar in the Japan Mints Tokyo office, recently returned after a holiday in a local pawn shop. A fifty-year old mint officer, Yutaka Umeno, decided the bar of [...]
