949-251-1366Physical gold and silver buying getting stronger
COIN WORLD | By Mike Fuljenz | July 22, 2015 July 21 Mike Fuljenz Metals Market Report notes that low prices reduce gold mining production but increase demand The following text is excerpted from the July 21 issue of the Mike Fuljenz Metals Market Report: Long-term, gold is destined to come back in price since many
Read moreDenmark: Bronze Age gold spirals unearthed in field
BBC NEWS – News from Elsewhere | By News from Elsewhere……as found by BBC Monitoring | July 9, 2015 Archaeologists are mystified by nearly 2,000 tiny golden spirals dug up in a field in eastern Denmark. The coils, made from thin filaments about 3cm (1in) long, date from between 900BC and 700BC, according to Flemming Kaul of
Read moreHow much gold in China?
Numismatic News | By Pat Heller | June 8, 2015 On May 15, the Russian news source Pravda passed along an unconfirmed story that appeared in Duowei News that the Chinese government had accumulated 30,000 tons (965 million ounces) of gold reserves. China last updated their published gold reserves figure in April 2009, when they
Read moreSalvagers recover over 100 tons of silver coins
www.numismaticnews.net | May 18, 2015, by NMN A ship sunk in World War II on a voyage from Bombay to England has been recovered along with 100 tons of silver worth about $50 million. BBC reported the S.S. City of Cairo salvage operation was completed in September 2013, but the British government made the company keep
Read moreFamily wins back 1933 $20 Double Eagle gold coins worth $80 million seized by feds
www.nydailynews.com | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Saturday, April 18, 2015 PHILADELPHIA — A family was awarded the rights to 10 rare gold coins possibly worth $80 million or more on Friday after a U.S. appeals court overturned a jury verdict. U.S. Department of the Treasury officials insist the $20 Double Eagles were stolen, like the one
Read moreGold in faeces ‘worth millions’
BBC NEWS Science & Environment | March 23, 2015 US researchers are investigating ways to extract the gold and precious metals from human faeces. The group identified gold in waste from American sewage treatment plants at levels which if found in rock could be worth mining. Details were outlined at the 249th national meeting of the American
Read moreBangladesh expels North Korea envoy over gold smuggling
BBC NEWS ASIA | March 9, 2015 Bangladesh has expelled a North Korea diplomat caught trying to smuggle 27kg (59lb) of gold into the country. Son Young-nam, the first secretary of North Korea’s Dhaka embassy, was stopped as he arrived in Bangladesh via Singapore on Friday. He was released and has not been charged, according to diplomatic
Read moreAlexander the Great-Era Treasure Found in Israeli Cave
News.Discovery.com | By Rossella Lorenzi | March 9, 2015 See Photo Gallery A rare cache of jewelry and silver coins, minted during the reign of Alexander the Great, has been discovered in a stalactite filled cave in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Monday. The 2,300-year-old treasure was found by three members of
Read moreNimrud: Outcry as IS bulldozers attack ancient Iraq site
BBC NEWS Middle East | March 6, 2015 Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq. IS began demolishing the site, which was founded in the 13th Century BC, on Thursday, according to Iraqi officials. The head of the UN’s cultural agency condemned
Read morePolish mint goes global with groundbreaking coin shape
COIN WORLD | By Jeff Starck, Coin World | February 23, 2015 See more images The Mint of Poland has developed new minting technology to strike spherical coins. The first coin with this technology shows a 1638 world map by Dutch cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu and highlights the Seven New Wonders of the World New spherical coin
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