Coin Shop Blog

At the Sotheby's auction in New York of the Ralph and Lois Stone Collection on May 21, 2018, CAC-approved Morgan silver dollars brought substantial premiums over silver dollars of same date, type and certified grade sold last month or earlier this year. As some coins in this collection were certified a long ago, recent auction results for recently encapsulated, CAC-approved silver dollars of the same respective dates are cited in several cases to illustrate that the mentioned results in this auction are consistent with pertinent auction prices earlier in 2018. Regardless of when coins are graded and encapsulated, CAC-approved coins tend [...]

Tartisan Nickel Corp. (CSE:TN, FSE:A2DPCM) (“Tartisan”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Alexo-Kelex nickel-copper-cobalt site reclamation is slated to commence on June 19, 2018. The Alexo deposit was discovered in 1907, and between the years 1913 to 1919 some 51,851 tonnes grading 4.5% nickel and 0.7% copper was extracted and sent to Sudbury, Ontario, for processing. Then, in 1944, Harlin Nickel Mines shipped 4,900 tonnes of ore grading 4.5% nickel and 0.6% copper. Most recently, Tartisan Nickel predecessor company Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd shipped 6,000 tonnes grading 2.46% nickel, 0.31% copper, and 0.07% cobalt as part of a [...]

'Is all gold equal?' is the topic of episode 4 of the Goldnomics podcast. The tangible quality of gold bullion is one of the key factors which contributes to gold's ability to act as a form of financial insurance for investments, savings and wealth throughout history and again in recent months and years. You can also click here to listen on SoundCloud , Blubrry & iTunes We believe investors and savers in the UK, the EU, the U.S. and other western nations will also need the safe haven that is physical gold in the coming months and years. With this in mind our latest podcast [...]

Minnesota's national park, whose area is comprised of over 40% water, is commemorated in the newest release of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. Debuting today,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Precious metals futures ended mostly lower on Friday but mostly higher on the week. Silver led losses on the day but it also posted the biggest weekly increase. Gold was little changed for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

– “Without gold I would have starved to death” – Ewald Nowotny, governor of Austrian central bank and member of ECB's governing council – “I was born in 1944. When I was a baby, my mother could only buy food because she still had some gold coins…” – “When the going gets tough, gold becomes the ultimate money” reports Die Presse In the vault: Austrian Central Bank director Kurt Pribil, ECB Governor Nowotny and “Press” editor Nikolaus Jilch. – The Press (Clemens Fabry) by Die Presse Editor Nikolaus Jilch Under central bank governor Ewald Nowotny, Austria has brought back half of [...]

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, Editor   I jumped into the hobby in the early '90s after discovering a 1941 Lincoln wheat cent in pocket change. I was hooked from that moment on and have since stuck with the hobby – and it has stuck with me. I owe a lot to that 1941 “wheatie.” The question I ask is this: how many coin collectors still make collecting Lincoln wheat cents a priority?   Five or six decades ago, it seemed everyone collected pennies. That, thanks to the advent of the penny board in the 1930s, the Lincoln cent folders in the [...]

– “Without gold I would have starved to death” – Ewald Nowotny, governor of Austrian central bank and member of ECB's governing council – “I was born in 1944. When I was a baby, my mother could only buy food because she still had some gold coins…” – “When the going gets tough, gold becomes the ultimate money” reports Die Presse In the vault: Austrian Central Bank director Kurt Pribil, ECB Governor Nowotny and “Press” editor Nikolaus Jilch. – The Press (Clemens Fabry) by Die Presse Editor Nikolaus Jilch Under central bank governor Ewald Nowotny, Austria has brought back half of [...]

The United States Mint this week published release dates for products that are scheduled to launch this summer. They include some highly-anticipated and brand new products like the 2018-S Reverse... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Canada Cobalt Works Inc. (TSXV:CCW) (Frankfurt: 4T9B) (the “Company” or “Canada Cobalt”) is pleased to announce high-grade cobalt assays from selected composite sampling of waste rock material removed from the first level of the Castle mine during rehab as the company launches its maiden underground drill program. Highlights: Five composite samples ranged from 1.05% to 5.2% cobalt, averaging 2.3% cobalt Silver values ranged from 167 g/tonne to 240 g/t while one sample returned 10.1 g/t gold These samples will form part of a 500 kg composite sample that will be put through the Company's proprietary Re-2OX process to create a [...]