Collector Silver Coins Mixed, Bullion Eagles Top 23.4 Million

Breaking a recent October "up or down only" trend but returning to a more normalized pattern in general, the latest US Mint sales stats show mixing with fluctuating demand based on the type of collector silver coins. As for investor minted American Silver Eagle bullion coins, they have enjoyed stronger demand during the last seven days. Read More…

2009 Silver Eagle Coins Hit 2.9 Million Record in October

2009 American Silver Eagle Coins registered another new record last month. The US Mint sold 2,939,000 of the bullion coins, which is the most ever for an October month stretching back the creation of the series in 1986. Read More…

Silver Prices Sink 8.3% in NY, 6.1% and London

October has been a month of seesaw silver prices, with the latest weekly silver numbers plunging in both New York and London. Last week the metals overcame the previous week’s decline. This week those gains were given back, and more.

New York silver futures for December delivery closed to $16.255 an ounce on Friday, and finished the week lower by $1.468, or 8.3 percent.

London silver was set to $16.65 an ounce, plunging $1.08, or 6.1 percent, on the week. The loss bites into the metal’s yearly performance, which is still up an impressive $5.78, or 53.6 percent from the $10.79 fixes price on Dec. 31, 2008. However, the gain was 63.6 percent just last Friday.

"A less-euphoric outlook to global growth may help explain why the price declines in silver and platinum have been more severe than gold over the past week," analysts at Deutsche Bank said on Bloomberg.com

London precious metal weekly prices follow: Read More…

US Mint Silver Coins Cool, Bullion Eagles Near 23M

US Mint sales numbers are often mixed when it comes to silver related collector products — demand for coins in one hand rise while those in the other decline, metaphorically speaking. October has been different. Silver coins have trended up or down as a group without the mixing. Read More…

WWF Silver Medal Set Issued by The Royal Mint

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) was started nearly 50 years ago in Europe with a mission to conserve nature. Over the years, the organization has grown world-wide and now directs millions of dollars annually toward nature preservation.

To help draw attention to the work of the WWF, The Royal Mint of the United Kingdom has created the WWF Silver Medal Set. The collection is limited to only 2,000 sets worldwide and comes housed in a beautiful presentation case with an illustrated booklet and a certificate of authenticity.

Each of the six medals features a different species protected by the WWF as well as an extract of a quotation from one of the organizations founders, Max Nicholson:

‘WWF is not just about saving whales and tigers and rainforests,and preventing pollution and waste, but is inescapably concerned with the future conduct, welfare and happiness and indeed survival of mankind on this planet.’

The medals are struck to proof condition from .925 sterling silver with a weight of 28.28 grams and a diameter of 38.45 mm. The Royal Mint Engraving Team designed the collection to showcase the following creatures: Read More…

Austrian Mint 2010 Coin Product Schedule

The Austrian Mint has just released their product schedule (known to them as an Issuing Programme) for the year 2010.

The coin schedule includes many coins that collectors should find nearly irresistible, given the spectacular designs the Mint has become known for from around world.

Several of the new issues will be continuations of series started in previous years and one will be the very first coin of a new series.

For reference, here is an image of the provided 2010 coin product schedule (click image to enlarge): Read More…

Finland Peace and Security Silver Coin

Former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari had the distinction of striking the first "Peace and Security" silver coin from the Mint of Finland Ltd. Read More…

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