Palladium rose modestly on Wednesday while gold, silver and platinum finished slightly lower. Gold’s loss was its first in three sessions and follows a more than one-week settlement high.
Gold for December delivery lost $12.30, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,794.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
"Some technical selling pressure from the shorter-term futures traders is featured today, as the chart postures for both gold and silver have deteriorated just recently. The metals bulls need a fresh fundamental spark to ignite their enthusiasm," Jim Wyckoff, a senior analyst at Kitco Inc, said in a daily research note.
Gold futures ranged from a low of $1,795.50 to a high of $1,808.50. They tacked on 0.7% on Tuesday, registering their highest settlement since Sept. 3, and they inched 0.1% higher on Monday.
Silver for December delivery dipped 8.4 cents, or 0.4%, to close at $23.801 an ounce. Silver futures traded between $23.67 and $23.91. They edged up 0.4% on Tuesday and they gave back 0.4% on Monday.
In PGM futures Wednesday:
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October platinum declined $8.20, or 0.9%, to $930.50 an ounce, ranging from $919.70 to $938.60.
- Palladium for December delivery gained $16, or 0.8%, to $1,991.60 an ounce, trading between $1,943 and $2,032.
US Mint Bullion Sales in 2021
Published United States Mint bullion sales were unchanged Wednesday. Below is a sales breakdown of U.S. Mint bullion products with columns listing the number of coins sold during varying periods.
| US Mint Bullion Sales (# of coins) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Last Week | This Week | August | September | 2021 Sales | |
| $50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 19,500 | 9,500 | 112,000 | 29,000 | 775,000 |
| $25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 3,000 | 21,000 | 3,000 | 80,000 |
| $10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 6,000 | 34,000 | 6,000 | 126,000 |
| $5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 50,000 | 10,000 | 340,000 |
| $50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 10,000 | 4,500 | 27,500 | 14,500 | 250,000 |
| $1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin | 0 | 750,000 | 1,475,000 | 3,930,000 | 2,225,000 | 25,165,500 |
| $100 American Eagle 1 Oz Platinum Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75,000 |
| Tuskegee Airmen 5 oz Silver Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52,900 |
Kaiser,
I think you’re losing your mind! ‘Buffalo Bill’ wasn’t called that because he hunted bison. And what are the Buffalo Bills football team named after? C’m on man!
p.s. I have a bunch of those Lincoln pennies. A penny for your thought?
Kaiser,
We better be careful, the Bison Bills just doesn’t have the same ring to it. But then again, we’ve gotten somewhat used to calling Washington the football team. That’s so lame!
Go ‘hawks!!!
Kaiser,
We both share the same opinion of the Walking Liberty Half and Mercury Dime.
“Leonardo da Vinci. Rembrandt. Picasso. Adolph A. Weinman? Early twentieth-century sculptor Adolph A. Weinman may not be a household name in America, but he should be. His creations can be seen across the country, from New York City to Detroit, and his legacy lives on with every Silver Eagle Coin that’s minted. Meet the man behind Walking Liberty, one of the most iconic images in American coinage.”
I tip my tusk…er…hat to this artist.
-Mammoth
Kaiser,
You are forcing me to do a side-by-side comparison, you know.
Also – re: the ‘Barber smoothies’ – my comment also applies to the Standing Liberty Quarter. It was a good decision to sh!t-can that dismal* design and replace it with the Washington Quarter.
*Lady Liberty’s exposed boob on the 1916 & early 1917 version makes those coins worthy of adding to your collection though (providing you can find ones which aren’t worn smooth).
-Mammoth
ALL of the Standing Liberty Quarters I have are pretty smooth, although a few of them still have readable dates.