Unless you are an avid coin collector you may not be aware, but there are unique varieties on some of the new coins from the U.S. Mint. These rare varieties carry with them a higher value and will have you checking your loose change. In this specific article we will be talking about the 2004-D […]
Many times silver and sterling silver are mistakenly described as the same thing. But what some people don’t realize is that silver is a pure metal with no other metals contained in it – it has a content of 99.9% pure silver. When you see the term “fine silver” this is what they are referring […]
Catch The Stampede! If you haven’t noticed lately, silver is in short supply. The U.S. Mint has raised premiums on Silver Eagles with suppliers charging upwards of $5 dollars over spot! But don’t fret! We’ve got thousands of ounces of Silver Buffalo Rounds in stock and we’re offering them for just $1.29 over spot per […]
Silver Christmas coins and bars are a great gift to teach youngsters the value of money. Every year Christmas silver is one of our biggest sellers. Not only do the rounds and bars contain 1 troy ounce of .999 fine silver but they also have beautiful designs on them. They both can be used as […]
First For The Perth Mint! 2016 Australian Silver Kangaroo coins are this year’s hot new product. While you may be confused because collector Kangaroo coins already exist, this new coin is poised to become Australia’s official bullion coin. Much like the Silver Eagle is the United States’s bullion coin and the Silver Maple Leaf is […]
This 2016, the Perth Mint (Australia’s sovereign mint) is set to release the first ever 1 oz Australian Kangaroo silver bullion coin. This may be confusing because Australia already has silver Kangaroo coins. Those coins were all individually capsulized and sold in smaller mintages because they were considered collector coins. The new 2016 silver bullion […]
Widely considered one of the most beautiful designs for a circulation coin, the Mercury Dime still holds vast appeal and has become a vehicle for buying and selling silver even though the coin has not been produced since 1945. Minted from 1916 through 1945, the Mercury Dime 10-cent coin was designed by Adolph Weinman and […]
Engelhard Overview Founded in 1902 by Charles Engelhard, the Engelhard company has been ingrained with the precious metals community for decades. The quality of Engelhard silver bars has been a sought after commodity and although the company is now defunct, their bars remain as some of the most popular silver bars on the market. Engelhard […]
The United States Mint has released a new coin for 2015 which harkens back to the Golden Age of coin minting – The 2015 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin. Arguably America’s most famous coin engraver/sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gauden was the designer of the ever-popular gold $20 Double Eagle. In 1907, only about 20 of these […]
This is a very common question and most times our customers are asking about American Silver Eagle coins in specific. To answer that, there are 20 American Silver Eagle Coins in 1 tube. In general, there are USUALLY 20 silver coins per tube on just about every silver coin out there. However, that is not true […]
The Royal Canadian Mint released the Birds of Prey Silver Coin series in February of 2014 to commemorate Canada’s rich wildlife and iconic native birds. Following the RCM’s successful Canadian Wildlife Silver Coin series, the Birds of Prey series is looking to solidify their place in the silver coin collectible market with distinctively Canadian themes. […]
Anybody who has been collecting gold coins for a while now is familiar with the dreaded “red spot.” The topic is quite popular because many believe red spots on “pure gold coins” to mean that the coin is counterfeit. In most cases this is not the cause at all. Let us explain why. Red spots […]
To completely understand what a proof coin is, you need to know a little bit about the coin minting process. To see a full explanation of coin minting, see our blog post about it here: http://blog.goldeneaglecoin.com/silver-coins-minted/ Up until 2008, when a coin die was created, it was hand carved onto a larger version of the […]
Founded in 1949, SilverTowne has been a mainstay in the numismatic community for well over half a century. A true success story, SilverTowne started from a cigar box underneath a lunch counter to a multi-million dollar business that touches all aspects of numismatics and precious metals. SilverTowne is rare in the industry in that they […]
A quick and fast rule is that sterling silver is worth: Sterling Silver is Roughly 80-85% of Spot Silver Sterling silver is different from pure .999 fine silver in that it is actually an alloy metal that contains 92.5% silver with the remaining percentage an amalgam of other metals. The price that one would receive […]
Coin collectors always have one eye on the bullion value of their coins and may also directly collect bullion in the form of gold, silver and platinum coins and bars. The last few weeks have been turbulent times indeed for all kinds of investors. Cryptocurrencies collapsed, and now seem to be reviving, thanks in part […]
Gold & Silver Market 11-23-2015
The precious metals sector was confusing last week, with a mixed bag of performances and no clear pattern visible. The two big investment items, gold and silver, didn’t show a lot of movement. Neither did platinum, while palladium managed to rise. With the equities markets also rising quite strongly, propelled mostly by gains in defense […]
Gold & Silver Market 11-17-2015
Once again there were disappointing results right across the precious metals sector last week, although the scale of losses varied. Overall it was a worrying period, because metals managed to lose ground even though the equities markets fell heavily. Normally we’d have expected to see metals make a lot of ground in these market conditions, […]
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