Last week, JM Bullion ran a contest in connection with our weekly blog post (Can You Guess the 5 Rarest US Coins?) asking our readers to identify the rarest US coins. There were a lot of excellent guesses registered on our Facebook page, but in the end there was only one right answer. JM Bullion…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,226 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,219 Change in Gold Spot Price: -$7 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.35 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.19 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.16 Gold and silver continued to suffer losses on Thursday thanks to follow-through selling and a host of other factors. When all was said and…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,249 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,218 Change in Gold Spot Price: -$31 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.90 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.26 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.64 Gold and silver both began the day moving noticeably lower and did not really stop that trend throughout the day. When all was said…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,247 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,250 Change in Gold Spot Price: +$3 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.91 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.87 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.04 Precious metals, despite falling to chart-consolidation on Monday, regained a bit of their footing thanks to some unexpected events which unfolded in earlier this…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,257 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,245 Change in Gold Spot Price: -$12 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.90 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.84 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.06 Gold and silver suffered at the hands of profit-taking and chart consolidation on Monday, but that was to be expected after both metals’ performances…

Gold is weaker this morning to begin the new trading week as chart consolidation and profit taking continue. Several key markets are flat this morning in early trade including stocks, crude oil and the dollar index. Gold continues to be susceptible to further selling pressure as risk appetite remains robust. The SP500 index has been…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,232 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,259 Change in Gold Spot Price: +$27 Silver Spot Price Open: $16.06 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.80 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.26 After making massive gains on Thursday, it isn’t coming as much of a surprise that precious metals spot values backed off a bit on…

The gold market is seeing some moderate selling pressure today as equities continue to climb higher, crude oil declines and the dollar index moves higher. Overall risk appetite in the marketplace continues to appear elevated and thus may be pressuring perceived safe haven assets such as gold and silver. Stocks are trading at the highest…

The United States Mint has a long, proud tradition of striking coins for the federal government that, at one point in time, were the most beautiful specimens in circulation. With all due respect to modern money, the Mint saves its best designs today for commemorative bullion and proof coin programs. During the early history of…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,232 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,259 Change in Gold Spot Price: +$27 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.38 Silver Spot Price Close: $16.02 Change in Silver Spot Price: +$0.64 Precious metals made nice gains on Thursday as investors had time to digest what exactly the Fed said in the wake of their meeting…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,232 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,265 Change in Gold Spot Price: +$33 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.33 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.21 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.12 When markets opened on Wednesday, there was a sense of calm due to the fact that most investors were content to wait until they…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,241 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,234 Change in Gold Spot Price: -$7 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.51 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.25 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.26 Both gold and silver continued to slide on Tuesday as profit-taking continued to take its toll. When all was said and done, gold lost…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,253 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,237 Change in Gold Spot Price: -$16 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.58 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.51 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.07 Precious metals started out the week rather unimpressively as both gold and silver suffered the wrath of profit-taking and a corrective pullback after last…

Gold prices are moderately lower in early trade today as longs book some profits and the market sees some consolidation. After reaching the $1270 per ounce level on Friday, the market saw some selling come into play and thus fat today that selling is seeing some follow through. Equity markets are calm thus far today…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,275 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,252 Change in Gold Spot Price: -$23 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.62 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.60 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.02 Gold and silver both had less than stellar days on Friday as a global equity market rebound meant poor news for the precious metals…

In recent years sovereign mints have taken additional steps to counteract the trend in counterfeit precious metals. This move has been made necessary by the rising prices of gold and silver, and the matching increase in demand for and production of bullion products. For example, the Royal Canadian Mint introduced radial lines and micro-laser engraved…

Gold prices are under some pressure today as stocks trade sharply higher and investor appetite for risk increases. Crude oil and the dollar index are both near the unchanged line in quiet trade thus far. Markets are still sorting themselves out following yesterday’s ECB meeting announcement. The ECB has taken further measures in an attempt…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,259 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,273 Change in Gold Spot Price: +$14 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.42 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.54 Change in Silver Spot Price: +$0.12 Gold and silver are moving upward in the wake of a European Central Bank meeting that went as expected, but also packed a few…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,267 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,254 Change in Gold Spot Price: -$13 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.50 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.35 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.15 After making gains through the first two days of the week, precious metals backed down on Wednesday thanks to a few different factors. When…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,264 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,264 Change in Gold Spot Price: NO CHANGE Silver Spot Price Open: $15.65 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.38 Change in Silver Spot Price: -$0.27 Gold and silver finished the day mixed, though it is clear to see that safe-haven demand and risk aversion are both on the…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,263 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,269 Change in Gold Spot Price: +$6 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.59 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.62 Change in Silver Spot Price: +$0.03 Metals remained mostly stagnant throughout the early morning hours on Monday as the marketplace slowly but surely gears up for this week’s European Central…

Gold is trading near the unchanged mark in early trade today as crude oil rallies, stocks inch higher and the dollar index trades just above unchanged. Gold is likely seeing some profit taking today and a little back and fill trade following recent upside. This week is a light one from a data perspective. Markets…

Gold Spot Price Open: $1,259 Gold Spot Price Close: $1,264 Change in Gold Spot Price: +$5 Silver Spot Price Open: $15.23 Silver Spot Price Close: $15.68 Change in Silver Spot Price: +$0.45 Precious metals finished the week on a positive note thanks to some weaker employment data to close out this 5-day trading session. When all…

Gold is trading sharply higher today as stocks and crude oil move higher and the dollar index sinks. Markets appear to be reacting to this morning’s release of the non­-farm payrolls data for February and investor appetite for risk continues to be increasing. This morning, the U.S. Department of Labor reported continued growth in the…

It’s hard to get your foot in the door of the precious metals marketplace today if you’re peddling a product not made of gold or silver. Coins such as the American Gold Eagle, American Silver Eagle, Canadian Maple Leaf, and the various bullion coins of the Perth Mint in Australia command a lot of attention…