10/2 Numismatic News

		2010 Silver Eagle Premiums Raised October 1, 2010 at 2:48 PM     The United States Mint has increased the premiums for its bullion American Silver Eagle coins from $1.50 to $2.00. The U.S. Mint told its authorized purchasers on Thursday, as first reported on sister site SilverCoinsToday.com by Tarek Saab of Trusted Bullion, an Ohio-based precious metals company specializing in gold and silver bullion coins and bars. The 50 cent increase officially kicked in today, October 1, 2010, and comes at a time when silver prices have been consistently setting new 30-year highs.(...) Read the rest of 2010 Silver Eagle Premiums Raised (174 words) © CoinNews.net for Coin News, 2010. | Permalink | Today's Collecting News | Post tags: American Eagle, American Silver Eagle, mint, silver coins, United States Mint
		Buchanan Presidential Dollar Coin Cover Available October 1, 2010 at 10:08 AM     The United States Mint on Thursday, September 30, 2010, placed the James Buchanan Presidential $1 Coin Cover on sale at a price of $15.95. The 32,000 limited-edition product is the third of four 2010 releases in the American Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series and the fifteenth since the covers were introduced for the Presidents in 2007. The covers were priced $1 less prior to 2010 and had a higher authorized production of 40,000.(...) Read the rest of Buchanan Presidential Dollar Coin Cover Available (550 words) © CoinNews.net for Coin News, 2010. | Permalink | Today's Collecting News | Post tags: mint, Presidential $1 Coins, Presidential Coins, United States Mint
		Heritage Long Beach Auction Realizes $13.4 Million October 1, 2010 at 8:36 AM     DALLAS, TX — The recently discovered Bullock specimen of the 1856-O double eagle, XF45+, NGC, was the unabashed star of the Sept. 23-26 Heritage Auctions September Long Beach, CA Signature® U.S. Coin Auction, as it soared to $345,000 amidst spirited bidding. This rare 1856-O double eagle, found in family holdings in Ohio, realized $345,000 at the September Long Beach Auction. The auction realized an impressive $13.4 million total, with almost 5,000 bidders vying for the 7,385 lots, translating into a 93% sell-through rate by value and 96% by total number of lots.(...) Read the rest of Heritage Long Beach Auction Realizes $13.4 Million (481 words) © Heritage Auctions for Coin News, 2010. | Permalink | Today's Collecting News | Post tags: Greg Rohan, Heritage, Heritage Auction Galleries, rare coins
		Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – October 1, 2010 October 1, 2010 at 7:40 AM     Good Morning, With manufacturing activity results on the radar, the precious metals markets' players manufactured yet another morning full of price surges in the complex. Within a speculative feedback loop that still sees any, even remote sign of US economic weakness as the catalyst for a fresh round of Fed 'gimme' dollar sellers invaded the currency market as so many predatory insects overnight. Such currency market raids, in turn, pushed metals higher, obviating any traces of yesterday's attempt at a correction and making it look in retrospect like just a slight misstep in the march to (question mark).(...) Read the rest of Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – October 1, 2010 (1,406 words) © Jon Nadler for Coin News, 2010. | Permalink | Today's Collecting News | Post tags: bullion, gold, Jon Nadler, platinum, silver