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by Dennis Tucker, Publisher, Whitman Publishing A new book on U.S. gold eagles ($10 coins) will debut just before Thanksgiving 2017. Its author, Q. David Bowers, nicknamed the Dean of American Numismatics, has been studying U.S. gold coins for more than 60 years, and writing about them almost as long. He has examined more than 5,000 numismatic catalogs, read countless periodicals, and studied all the available books on gold coins. On top of this old-fashioned book learning, he has personally examined hundreds of thousands of gold coins, many of them in the process of cataloging the most famous coin collections [...]

Trevali Mining Corporation (Trevali or the Company) (TSX:TV)(OTCQX:TREVF)(LMA:TV)(FRANKFURT:4TI) reports record consolidated third quarter (Q3) 2017 preliminary production results of 58.4-million payable lbs. of zinc, 12.5-million payable lbs. of lead and 433,442 payable ounces of silver, including September 2017 monthly production from the Rosh Pinah mine in Namibia and Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso that were both acquired from Glencore PLC on August 31, 2017 (Table 1 and see news release TV-NR-17-19). (1) Q3-2017 and YTD-2017 preliminary production figures include September 2017 production figures from the Perkoa and Rosh Pinah mines following the closure of the African zinc asset acquisition from [...]

SARASOTA, FLA. (October 12, 2017) - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has certified an additional 427 coins, tokens and medals from the Eric P. Newman Collection. These selections comprise the ninth part in a series of auctions of the legendary collection and will be sold by Heritage Auctions, Nov. 1-3, 2017. The centerpiece of Newman IX is an 1861 Confederate Half Dollar, one of only four struck. It is graded NGC PF 40 and was previously owned by the famous collectors Waldo Newcomer and Col. E.H.R. Green. In April 1861, three months after Louisiana seceded from the Union, the New Orleans [...]

Puerto Rico without electricity, wifi, ATMs shows importance of cash, gold and silver Most of Puerto Rico remains in the dark and without power three weeks after storm With widespread power failures, Puerto Rico remains cash only with retailers only accepting cash and few consumer having cash Shortages of food, fuel and medicine with infrastructure repairs delayed Power could be 'out for months' as 85% of people remain off the grid Around 75% of ATMs disconnected Electronic forms of payment including bitcoin have been rendered non viable Puerto Rico's accidental 'cashless society' shows risks of cashless society and importance ofholding [...]

US Mint gold coin sales and VIX at weakest in a decade Very low gold coin sales and VIX signal volatility coming Gold rises 1.7% this week after China's Golden Week; pattern of higher prices after Golden Week U.S. Mint sales do not provide the full picture of robust global gold demand Perth Mint gold sales double in September reflecting increased gold demand in both Asia and Europe Middle East demand likely high given geopolitical risks Iran seeing increased gold demand and Iran's gold coin price up by 5% Trump's war mongering could see demand accelerate Germany seeingvery robust demand [...]

The Shanghai Mint, one of the official mints of the People's Republic of China, has struck medals to honor the 30th anniversary of NGC. The medals were struck in gold, silver and a special trimetallic composition.This is the first time an official government mint has issued medals to celebrate a third-party coin grading service.The medal's obverse centers around a magnifying glass, a tribute to NGC's coin authentication, attribution and grading services. The reverse depicts the skylines of the four cities where NGC has offices: Sarasota, Florida; Shanghai; Hong Kong; and Munich, Germany. The medals celebrate NGC's expertise, global reach and [...]

Sixty-four years after its introduction, the twenty-first edition of Paper Money of United States, the standard reference book on United States paper money, is being released by the Coin & Currency Institute. In 1953, the late Robert Friedberg (1912-1963) broke new ground when the Treasury Department granted permission for photographs of American paper money to be printed for the first time. The current edition's 328 pages sets the standard once again by featuring notes from America's greatest currency collections, all reproduced in color. The inaugural edition of Paper Money of the United States also introduced other innovations never before attempted. [...]

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) today announced preliminary silver and gold production resultsfor the third quarter of 2017. Q32017 Highlights(Preliminary Results) Silver production of 3.3 million ounces and gold production of 63,046 ounces, the second highest level since 2003. Silver equivalent production of 11.1 million ounces, the highest equivalent production quarter this year.2 Lead production of 5,368 tons; zinc production of 14,498 tons. Record gold production and monthly throughput (September) at Casa Berardi since its acquisition. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of approximately $205 million at September 30, 2017, an increase of about $3 million over the second quarter of 2017. [...]

Global Outlook Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD World: News in Charts byFathom Consulting via Thomson Reuters Alarm bells are ringing for economic fundamentalists such as Fathom Consulting. Asset prices look increasingly out of step with fundamentals, and in some cases they look downright bubbly. And other geopolitical developments are similarly alarming. One might even describe them as Mad: Equity prices in developed economies, and specifically in the US, are more than one standard deviation higher than their long-run average in relation to nominal GDP. Mad: The Nasdaq has again played its part, posting an even greater degree of fundamental overvaluation than [...]

Young Guns of Gold Podcast 'The Everything Bubble' Precious Metal Roundtablediscuss gold in 2017 and outlook Gold +9.1% year to date; Performing well given Fed raising rates, lack of volatility and surge in stock markets People are expecting too much from gold Economy: Inflation indicators, recession on the horizon, global debt issues Global demand: ETF inflows, Russia central bank purchases, Germany investment figures and international coin demand bode well for gold First monetary inflation, then asset inflation, next is price inflation Gold bull market resumed; silver should outperform gold Indicators point to inflation, a recession is on the horizon and [...]