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Will Be Offered By Participating PNG Accredited Precious Metals Dealers At Only A Small Fraction Over Their Intrinsic Silver Value   (Temecula, California) November 6, 2017 – The Professional Numismatist Guild's Accredited Precious Metals Dealers program (www.APMDdealers.org) has created special one-ounce .999 fine silver bullion rounds.  Participating PNG-APMD dealers will be selling the rounds to collectors and investors at competitive prices lower than some other one-ounce silver bullion products on the market. “These handsome rounds with a proof-like luster are slightly larger than U.S. Morgan and Peace silver dollars.  They were professionally created as a way for the public to [...]

A platinum coin has joined The Perth Mint's flagship annual bullion series, the Australian Kangaroo. The kangaroo-themed program was introduced in gold back in 1989. A silver edition joined the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The results of the Legend Regency XXIII auction magnified the extreme disparity that currently exists in the market for classic, pre-1933 United States gold coins. On one end of the spectrum, we have an excess supply of double eagles, both of the Liberty head and Saint-Gaudens type, along with eagles and half eagles. Most of these are in the extra fine to low uncirculated grades and are often bag-marked and scuffy. These coins are available for historically low premiums over the melt value, to the point that only a small run up in the gold spot price would place a [...]

Platinum Bullion 'May Be One Of The Only Cheap Assets Out There' Platinum “may be one of the cheap assets out there” and “is cheap when compared with stocks or bonds” according to Dominic Frisby writing in the UK's best selling financial publication Money Week. Platinum Bullion in USD (15 years) Frisby writing in Money Week laments the total absence of value in today's markets. He then identifies an asset that is both cheap (on a relative basis) and is valuable and the article is well worth a read: The value investor's lament – where have all the cheap assets gone? Every week in MoneyWeek magazine there's [...]

Silvercorp Metals Inc. (“Silvercorp” or the “Company”) (TSX:SVM) (NYSE American: SVM) reported its financial and operating results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2017.  All amounts are expressed in US Dollars. SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS Net income attributable to equity shareholders of $11.1 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to net income attributable to equity shareholders of $12.4 million, or $0.07 per share in the prior year quarter; Gross margin of 54% compared with 56% in the prior year quarter; Sales of $47.5 million, up 3% compared to $46.3 million in the prior year quarter; Silver, lead, and zinc metals sold amounted to approximately 1.6 million ounces silver, 16.9 million pounds [...]

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Perth Mint of Australia releases for November are dominated once again by Lunar Year of the Dog coins. However, there are several other unique issues that also might just be of interest to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

– Gold mining production in China fell by 9.8% in H1 2017  – Decreasing mine supply in world's largest gold producer and across the globe – GFMS World Gold Survey predicts mine production to contract year-on-year – Peak gold production being seen in Australia, world's no 2 producer – Peak gold production globally while global gold demand remains robust Editor Mark O'Byrne Gold production in the world's largest gold producer and buyer fell by nearly 10% in the first half of 2017 in what may be another indication of peak gold. Chinese mine production registered the largest drop globally to total 207 [...]

It's been a big year for Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV:GRG). The company reached a major milestone in May, when it completed a deal to combine its Chinchillas silver project with SSR Mining's (TSX:SSRM,NASDAQ:SSRM) Pirquitas operation, and since then it has continued to move forward. “The Grosso Group has three significant precious metals discoveries to its name, Chinchillas being the third,” said Nicholas Konkin, marketing and communications at Golden Arrow, at the recent New Orleans Investment Conference. “We [are looking] to continue to add to that successful exploration rate.” Currently the company is conducting exploration through a wholly owned subsidiary, but Konkin said there are [...]

SANTA ANA, CA. - The Stack's Bowers Galleries November 2017 Baltimore auction will be truly monumental, rivaling the most spectacular events of the past five years in quality and quantity of offerings. The sale will feature selections from the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation, the Alexander and Murray Hill Collections, and other important properties, as well as a fantastic selection of early American coinage presented in conjunction with the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4). With nearly 5,900 United States coin lots across eight sessions, there is guaranteed to be something for every bidder. Session 1 on the evening of Wednesday, November [...]