2010 Commemorative Silver Dollar Prices: Boy Scouts and Disabled Vet Coins

The United States Mint has published the prices for its two 2010 Commemorative Silver Dollar Coins. As it has done in the past, the US Mint will offer reduced, introductory pricing.

The 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Silver Dollar launches first on February 25, 2010, in proof and uncirculated conditions for $39.95 and $33.95, respectively. Those prices will be available through to March 29, 2010, when it will be offered at the regular prices of $43.95 and $35.95.

The 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar will launch on March 23, 2010, with the same coin options and at the same prices. The intro pricing lasts through April 22, 2010. Read More…

Silver Weekly Prices Jump 4.2% in New York

Silver prices marked gains in the second week in February after tumbling nearly 20% during the three prior weeks.

Despite slight losses on Friday, weekly silver prices jumped 4.2% in New York and 1.1% in London.

For the most part, silver followed gold’s direction, and gold moved opposite of the US dollar. The greenback was driven mostly by news from Europe and China. The Greece debt crisis was a headline for much of the week, moving the dollar both up and down. Read More…

2010 Australian Gilded Koala Silver Coin

For the third year in a row, the Perth Mint of Australia is offering a twist on its highly sought after koala silver coins. This one is in the form of its newly released 2010 Australian Gilded Koala Silver 1 oz. Coin.

To create this unique coin, the Mint takes the same design as seen on the silver bullion koala series and gilds the marsupial with 24-karat gold, giving an impression of fur on the animal.

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Austrian Mint 2010 Winter Olympic Silver Coins

Just in time for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, the Austrian Mint in Vienna has released new silver coins celebrating two disciplines in winter sports, the 5 Euro Silver Ski Jump Coin and the 5 Euro Silver Snowboard Coin.

Both coins honor sporting events known well to the Austrians, and are sure to be instant hits with the coin buying public. In fact, the Mint expects them to sell out within weeks. Read More…

Silver Tumbles Nearly 20% in Three Weeks

Silver prices ended the first week in February with deepened losses. The metal has caved by almost 20 percent since mid-January.

While the enormous losses could present a buying opportunity next week, little is in the news front to suggest a direction of north or south. Precious metals have thus far been commanded by the winding of the US dollar, which rallied this week to an 8-month high against the euro. Bullion tends to move in the opposite direction of the greenback. Read More…

US Mint Sales: Silver Products Fall to Three

The portion of the weekly sales report from the United States Mint covering silver coins is getting smaller and smaller.

Last week’s Annual Uncirculated Dollar Set sell out brought the amount of US Mint’s silver related offerings down to three — two collector driven products released last year, and the new 2010 American Silver Eagle Bullion coins. Read More…

US Mint 2009 Annual Report: Silver Coins Revenue

Silver coins, while certainly not the main focus of the United States Mint 2009 Annual Report, did figure prominently in many of the sales results shown within its pages.

Almost without a doubt, the insatiable appetite for precious metals displayed by investors last year created the biggest impact on US Mint operations. With demand for the American Eagle Silver Bullion coins at record levels for the 2009 calendar year, other product lines were adversely affected. Read More…

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