U.S. Manufacturing Sector Shows New Signs of Life, Gold Trades at $5,000
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Activity at factories and mines in the United States cranked up in January. U.S. industrial production rose 0.7% last month, the biggest jump in nearly a year, the Federal Reserve reported. Gold traded around $5,000, and silver traded around $78 as precious metals continue to tread water in a quiet, sideways, orderly market trading. Digging...
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Massive & Beautiful: 2019 5 oz Mexican Silver Libertad
| Walking Liberty Half Dollar: The 1916 Art Experiment That Redefined U.S. Coin Design
| In 1916, the U.S. Treasury held a competition to redesign America’s silver coins, inviting artists outside the Mint for the first time in decades. Sculptor Adolph A. Weinman seized the opportunity and created a half dollar unlike anything before it. His Liberty didn’t stand still: she walked, flag flowing behind her, striding toward the sunrise....
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Important Update 19/02/2026 – Reduced Minimum Orders & Price Premiums
| Existing Home Sales Plunge 8.4%, Gold Trades In Range
| While some parts of the country are seeing an early spring thaw, the U.S. housing market is still on ice. U.S. existing home sales tumbled 8.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.91 million in January, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced Thursday. The news was far worse than expected and marked the...
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