Gold continues impacting specific numbers
The fluctuating price of gold and other precious metals is having some effect on certain coin sales.
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Impact of $1,000 gold positive but variable
Since gold jumped over the $1,000 mark Sept. 11, Kirk Kelly of the Coin Depot, Greenville, S.C., says his sales of the precious metal have increased dramatically.
Collectors keep focus on specific interests
Some days or weeks you would think that the only thing that mattered was the price of gold and silver. Certainly they are important. Prices of many coins are based almost completely on the prices of the metals they contain.
Volatile market for silver, gold continues
We certainly have been on a roller coaster ride in precious metals. Silver reached a pinnacle of $49.82 this past week and very nearly touched the 30 to 1 ratio with gold.
Bullion coins continue retreat
The big story this week is the continued retreat in the precious metals sector and its effect on bullion-related type gold coins.
Provisional First Spouse numbers appear
The first two First Spouse half-ounce $10 gold pieces sold out on the first day the Mint offered them for sale June 19.
Gold Eagle sales in summer doldrums
Gold bullion prices have come to life in the last few days, with an ounce of the precious metal pushing past the $1,330 mark.
Gold climbing again after dip
Are the Gulf Arab states buying up all the physical gold they can? Why did gold and the other precious metals have a sharp price decrease after the Dec. 8 and 9 blowoff high? The Dubai gold market was hyperactive in December. That is not a definitive