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Title: Sales of Silver, Gold Coins Surge
Source: Wall St. Journal
URL Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100 ... 620612.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Published: Jul 7, 2009
Author: By ALLEN SYKORA
Post Date: 2009-07-09 22:54:07 by DeaconBenjamin
Keywords: None
Views: 210
Comments: 8

Sales of gold and silver bullion coins were up sharply in the first half of 2009, when dealers were citing strong physical demand amid worries about other investments.

Sales remained strong but abated somewhat in late spring and early summer, but there are at least some signs it might be on the rise again, said one dealer. “Over the last 30 days, business has picked up again mostly because, I believe, there is a lot of skepticism still in the market about which way the economy is heading,” said Scott Thomas, president and chief executive of American Precious Metals Exchange in Edmond, Okla.

Bullion coins are meant to provide investors with a convenient and cost-effective way to add small amounts of precious metals to their portfolios. It is valued by the weight and the type of precious metal.

This is different from numismatic coins, which are valued on the basis of factors such as limited mintage, rarity, condition and age. The only coin in this category sold by the Mint in the first half is the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin that was launched in January. Sales hit 68,445 in the first half, the Mint reported.

The outlook for bullion-coin sales may hinge on whether inflation begins to rear its head or whether there are more credit-market problems, said James Cook, president of Investment Rarities in Minneapolis.

The U.S. Mint said it sold 680,500 one-ounce American Eagle gold bullion coins in the first six months of the year.

By contrast, in the first half of 2008, the Mint sold 180,000 one-ounce Eagle coins and 67,000 American Buffalo coins. (Release of 2009 Buffalo bullion coins is planned for later in the year, the Mint said.)

For all of 2008, sales of one-ounce American Eagle bullion coins totaled 794,000 and sales of one-ounce Buffalo coins totaled 172,500.

Any comparison to year-ago totals must take into account Mint sales of half-, quarter- and tenth-ounce American Eagle bullion coins that have been suspended this year due to a shortage of blanks. When including these, the combined weight of all Eagle gold coins sold in the first half of 2008 amounted to 197,500 ounces, still far short of the 2009 total of 680,500.

For all of 2008, a total of 1,172,000 Eagle coins were sold totaling 860,500 ounces, which, in turn, was a sharp increase from 409,500 coins totaling 198,500 ounces in 2007.

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#1. To: DeaconBenjamin (#0)

I keep hearing multiple reports from many different sources saying that physical precious metals are selling like hotcakes, dealers can't keep inventory in stock, that there's waiting lists to get any. So what happens to the prices? They drop. Go figure.

Manipulation on the COMEX? No! Never! Shenanigans? Of course not!

Elliott Jackalope  posted on  2009-07-09   23:06:38 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Elliott Jackalope, Deacon Benjamin, lodwick (#1)

Manipulation on the COMEX?

because of it, i'm frustrated. i don't know what to believe anymore as far as anything's true value. will there come a time when they (whoever that is) will lose control and their manipulation no longer possible?

christine  posted on  2009-07-09   23:31:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: christine (#2)

because of it, i'm frustrated.

Patience grasshopper.

Who cares how many FRNs one can get for their metals? I didn't collect my meager supply of coins to trade them for soon to be valueless pieces of paper.

Sonovademocrat  posted on  2009-07-10   17:04:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Sonovademocrat (#3)

you sound like my husband ;)

christine  posted on  2009-07-10   17:54:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#7. To: christine (#6)

you sound like my husband ;)

Now that is funny! I told my wife that you sounded just like she did after I talked her into some silver eagles and then the price dropped two dollars.

Sonovademocrat  posted on  2009-07-10 18:52:38 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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