The Royal Canadian Mint
Respected for years as a mint of the highest quality, the Royal Canadian Mint produces many fine silver… [more]
The Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic
The Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic is one of those coins produced not for its face value but for… [more]
The Australian Silver Kookaburra
The Australian Silver Kookaburra is one of the most highly well-liked silver bullion coins. This coin… [more]
Chinese Silver Panda
The People’s Republic of China issues a type of silver bullion coin known as the Chinese Silver Panda.… [more]
Silver Today
April 2013 Silver Report
Good day everyone and welcome to a beautiful May (at least where I live; I can’t say for the rest of the world). If nothing else, it’s gorgeous outside which… erm, is hopefully distracting you slightly from the April Fool’s Day of a month that it was for silver prices. As we worriedly predicted back in March, silver prices did drop this … [Read More...]
Anatomy of a Coin
Anatomy of a Coin Take a good look at your silver coin. Do you know what all those things are? You probably know that there are marking and engravings on it and how much it is worth, but what else? Let’s take a deeper look at a coin and go into some more detail. Sides of the Coin Obverse: The obverse side of the coin is the side, otherwise … [Read More...]
Is There the Potential for $100/oz Silver in 2017?
Ok, 2017 is quite a ways off, but with silver (and gold), looking in the long term is the name of the game, so we’re going to look at the potential today. Last Wednesday (June 5th 2012), Commodity Online published an article claiming that by 2017, silver prices will be sitting at about $100/oz while gold will skyrocket to $3000-$4000 an ounce, … [Read More...]
How to Clean Silver Coins
Oh ho! No letting your coins pile up in some vault for you, oh no! There is no way you’re letting your super rare Morgan Silver Dollar sit in some vault in a bank half way across the world, no sir. But wait, what about…. Dirt? What about grime? What about the fact that silver, over time, gets darkened? It’s one of a silver collector’s worst … [Read More...]
Johnson Matthey Silver Bars
The company known as Johnson Matthey can trace its roots all the way back to the year 1817. That was the year Percival Norton Johnson first opened his doors as an assayer of gold in London, England. Years later, in 1851, George Matthey partnered with Johnson, and Johnson Matthey was born. The company enjoyed a steady business rather quickly, being … [Read More...]
What Are Silver Rounds?
Silver rounds are another name for silver coins. Its name came about because silver as a precious metal was used to form coins and then stacked away in rolls for logistics and handling purposes. Silver coins or silver rounds come in all sizes and the weights range from less than one ounce up to over 100 ounces. There are many kinds of silver … [Read More...]
History of the U.S. Mints
Given enough time and technology, there could be a day in the future where money is no longer needed—but that day is not now and so the U.S. Mint plays a dominant role in the lives of humans, even if it is one people don’t think about much! Although you may not consider where your money comes from or how it came to be in your ordinary life, you … [Read More...]
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