US Mint Collector 2011 Silver Eagles, ATB Coins Return at Reduced Prices

Sales of several silver collector products from the United States Mint have once again resumed following a suspension that had been in place for nearly two weeks. Some of the products have returned at their previous price points while others are now available at a lower price. The returns follow the September 26 suspension that pulled from [...]

US Mint Sales: Mount Hood 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins Debut

Another America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin kicked off to a solid start, although US Mint sales show it moved slower than the previous issues in the series. The collector Mount Hood coin launched Thursday, July 28. Die-hard fans of the extra-large .999 fine silver issues grabbed 14,759 in the first four days. [...]

World’s Most Valuable Coin, 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar

The Neil/Carter/Contursi specimen 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar has been sold for $7,850,000, setting a new record as the world’s most valuable rare coin. Graded PCGS Specimen-66, it is the finest known 1794 dollar and believed by several prominent experts to be the first silver dollar ever struck by the United States Mint. It was [...]

I Just Got Fired by the FBI (The U.S. Mafia)

In case you have been wondering what happened to GoldandSilverNow… Last Thursday, April 2, 1984 – I mean, 2009 – the FBI confiscated the code for each of my online businesses*. They seized all of our servers. They seized our backup servers, and the backups to our backups. As of this writing, everything I have devoted my [...]

Park Quarter Program Includes 5-Ounce Silver Coins

President Bush on Tuesday signed into law H.R.6184, America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008. The law mandates a new quarter series and, interestingly, 5-ounce silver coins.