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2010 Australia Mini Roo 0.5 Gram Gold Coin on Sale June 10, 2010 at 4:36 PM Introducing one of the most unique legal tender gold coins in the world, the Perth Mint of Australia has made available the very first 2010 Mini Roo 0.5g Gold Coin that features a one-year-only miniature kangaroo design that will change annually. Containing 0.5 grams of 99.99% pure gold and at price point of AUS $45.51 (~US $38), the Mini Roo offers the public an affordable option to purchase a coin struck from 24-karat gold. (...) Read the rest of 2010 Australia Mini Roo 0.5 Gram Gold Coin on Sale (321 words) © CoinNews.net for Coin News, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Want more on these topics? Browse the archive of posts filed under Australian Coinage and Numismatic News, Coin or Numismatic News, Perth Mint, World Coins.   US Mint Sales: Two First Spouse Gold Coins End, Pierce Added June 10, 2010 at 11:52 AM Several new lines are added to this week's United States Mint coin sales tables. The U.S. Mint introduced three new product groups last week, but it also stopped selling four coins — the proof and uncirculated Letitia Tyler and Julia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coins. Jane Pierce First Spouse Gold Coins were released on Thursday, June 3. Their opening sales were not exactly robust compared to other debuting first lady offerings, but then they also launched at the highest price points for the series with the proof at $779 and the uncirculated listed at $766. Their respective Thursday to Sunday sales were 1,579 and 855. By comparison, the prior 2010 Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coins opened with sales of 2,881 and 1,824. (...) Read the rest of US Mint Sales: Two First Spouse Gold Coins End, Pierce Added (1,107 words) © CoinNews.net for Coin News, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Want more on these topics? Browse the archive of posts filed under Coin or Numismatic News, Mint Sales Figures, United States Mint News and Information.   Gold Slips; Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – June 10, 2010 June 10, 2010 at 8:02 AM Beijing Balks At Buying Bullion Good Morning, Calmer conditions returned to the markets overnight as several factors conspired to divert investors from the panicky behavior they exhibited earlier in the week. The euro strengthened a tad, rising above the 1.20 mark once again, the US dollar declined a little, the Nikkei index eked out a 103 point gain, and thus profit-takers regained the upper hand in bullion markets as Thursday's action got underway overseas. Risk appetite appeared to turn healthier in most markets, but in the case of gold that meant a decline in purchasing appetite, and the realization that scrap flows are eclipsing physical offtake once again just as the 'summer doldrums' are upon us. (...) Read the rest of Gold Slips; Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – June 10, 2010 (1,118 words) © Jon Nadler, Kitco Metals Inc. for Coin News, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Want more on these topics? Browse the archive of posts filed under Bullion Articles and Precious Metal Reports, Business News, Commentary.