Americans continue to buy a great deal of silver and gold bullion, with a large percentage coming from Canada. It’s truly amazing how much of the Royal Canadian Mint’s Silver and Gold Maples are purchased by Americans. With both Silver and Gold Maple Leaf sales up considerably this year, the majority are shipped south to U.S. investors…
Silver Eagle and Silver Maple sales surged in the first half of the year as investors continued to exchange fiat currency for real money. Both official silver coins experienced significant increases in sales as investor demand remained strong along with sufficient supply. However, with the shutdown of the U.S. Mint for the new design…
After nearly three months, the U.S. Mint has finally updated its Silver & Gold Eagle sales. With the U.S. Mint releasing its new Silver & Gold Eagle designs this month, they stopped updating Silver Eagle sales in the middle of April. However, it looks like the U.S. Mint went back and updated June…
While the paper price doesn’t show it yet, the silver market continues to experience high demand and tight supply. In this update, I discuss what is taking place in the wholesale and retail silver market. Earlier today I spoke with Dan at Cloud Hard Assets about the retail silver bullion…
What a crazy and volatile day in the precious metals market, especially silver. Demand for physical silver bullion products surged this weekend and continue to wipe out dealer inventories on Monday. At one point, premiums for Silver Eagles were $14-$15, a staggering 50% above the spot price…
The top three official mints sold a great deal of retail silver bullion products in the first half of 2020. However, the sales figure could have been a great deal higher if the various government mints weren’t forced to shut down production. The top three official mints in retail silver…