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Tag Archives: gold
The Young Victoria Collection – Best in Category for 2016
The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) recently announced its Collector’s Society 2016 NGC Registry Award Winners, and my collection of Young Head Victoria Sovereigns, “The Young Victoria Collection,”1 was awarded Best in Category in the 2016 World Coin Competitive Sets competition … Continue reading
Unicorn futures
It’s almost that time again — 2016 $50 1-ounce US Gold Buffalo coins go on sale on January 20, 2016. Or at least, that’s when most precious metals dealers will start shipping them. The spot price of gold as I … Continue reading
Curiouser and curiouser
Here’s an interesting tidbit about curious happenings in the gold and silver markets, from a recent interview of investment analyst Eric Sprott by Toronto’s The Gold Report: Eric Sprott: This will sound like a conspiracy theory, but unusual things are happening … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, gold, gold prices, quantitative easing
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In business down in the tropics
Last week I saw an article in MineWeb, “The end of gold cash costs as we know them?”, which noted recent calls for an “all-in sustaining cash cost” measure that “…more fully defines the total costs associated with producing gold. … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, gold, gold exploration, gold mining, gold prices, gold production, gold supply, Law of the Sea
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The Young Victoria Collection Wins NGC Best in Category Award for 2012
On January 11, 2013, Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), the official grading service of the American Numismatic Association and the Professional Numismatists’s Guild, announced the NGC Collector’s Society 2012 NGC Registry Award Winners. The Young Victoria Collection was awarded the Best in Category in World … Continue reading
Posted in Coins, News
Tagged gold, shield sovereign, sovereign, sovereigns, Young Victoria Collection
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Twist and Shout
As anticipated, the Fed today announced plans to burn $40 billion a month, with no end in sight: The Fed said it will buy $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities per month in an attempt to foster a nascent recovery in the … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, gold, gold prices, quantitative easing
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Using the 2012 Standard Catalogue of British Coins
I just received my copy of the 2012 Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 47th Edition (SCBC hereafter). The SCBC is an indispensable reference for the collector of British coins, and features reference numbers, photographs, descriptions, … Continue reading
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Tagged coin values, Coins of England & the United Kingdom, gold, grading coins, market values, Sheldon, sovereign, Standard Catalogue of British Coins
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