Coin Update Press Release: A Minnesota federal grand jury has returned a six-count criminal indictment charging coin dealer Barry Ron Skog with five counts related to the sale of counterfeit coins and one count of mail fraud. According to the … Continue reading →
Stolen items! Reward offered! The seller asks: “I could really use some help please!!! The items were stolen while in the possession of the Untied States Postal Service, believed while in California, either Studio City or Van Nuys. I’m hoping someone … Continue reading →
Coin Week Announcement To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the gold Krugerrand, the South African Mint is minting its first-ever 1 oz silver Krugerrand. After 49 years of respect and prestige on the international stage and with … Continue reading →
Buy and hold versus trading? One topic that has been discussed over and over is the debate between Physical Gold & Silver and Exchange Traded Fund’s (ETF’S). Here is a discussion by Wealth Manager Minesh Bhindi that offers a lot of information. The … Continue reading →
The process of pounding fine gold into leaf is known as Goldbeating and has undergone little change since antiquity. Enjoy this video and piece of history from 1959. As described by Britannica, it begins with a small ingot, cast from gold … Continue reading →
Are you a believer, investor or user of this new cryptocurrency? Provident Metals shows that it has grown in value and has also become a more mainstream option for investors. They have started accepting the cryptocurrency as payment as just announced. Others are following … Continue reading →
The United States Mint today unveiled the winning designs in the Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Design Competition. The event took place at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s headquarters in New York. The designs were created by Emily Damstra, a … Continue reading →
“If you don’t know gold, you’d better know your gold dealer,” Stuppler emphasized. He is from the Temecula, California–based Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) which was founded in 1955. Recently published in Coin Update and following the recent fraud charges filed by … Continue reading →
New to numismatics? Take a look at this guide to getting started. Many people begin their coin collecting journey by finding an interesting coin in their pocket change, inheriting a coin collection or acquiring a few coins by some other … Continue reading →
Silver coins beat the house. This short personal anecdote shared by Liberty Coin Service in Lansing Michigan, is a perfect demonstration of why it is prudent for most everyone to own some bullion-priced physical gold and silver coins and ingots. Fifty … Continue reading →