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Archived gold articles by Richard Smith

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4/30/12 Article #: 661 Date: What's In a Name? Sometimes, The Less the Better

(April 30, 2012) One of my long-held goals for our business has finally been achieved: We now are under a company name without the words “Coin” or “Gold” in it. The Georgia Sonora Company is our new name, and here's a little story about how and why that came about, and why it actually matters.

4/11/12 Article #: 660 Date: Our Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash - The Disgraceful State of American Money Today

(April 11, 2012) A short look at how cash money has been degraded and stigmatized in ways both subtle and overt. How the physical dollar, from the once-mighty C-note down to the useless penny, has become a disfunctional currency that stinks from top to bottom. How this came to be, and why it matters.

4/6/12 Article #: 659 Date: Gold Bounces After Early April Sell-off

(4/9/12) In the week just past, gold prices took some harrowing dips, including Wednesday's loss of some 2.5% in one trading day. By Thursday, some stability seemed to be reached around the $1,630 level, just in time for the long trading pause in London and New York for Easter weekend.

2/21/112 Article #: 658 Date: Platinum Maple Leafs Have Arrived!

(February 21, 2012) We now have in stock the new 2012 1-ounce platinum Maple Leafs from the Royal Canadian Mint in stock. Plus, Andre Sharon explains why only gold is worth squirrelling away, no matter what the gold sceptics say. (Print, cut out, and carry with you at all times)

1/25/12 Article #: 656 Date: Bernanke Speaks Out, Dollar Freaks Out.

(January 25, 2012) Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference today, and gold promptly rose by fifty dollars. The same market that roundly ignored the President’s State of the Union address last night, made its normal surge while the Fed chairman spoke.

6/1/2010 Article #: 653 Date: Tall Tales About Gold

(June 1, 2010) There is nothing like a 9-year rally in a monetary commodity to focus media and political attention on the soaring yellow metal. A New York Congressman launches a full-scale attack on doom-and-gloom marketing, while Barrons prints a full-page guest editorial about gold - from a banker offering investment advice.

11/21/111 Article #: 650 Date: This Thing Called Gold

(November 19, 2011) Gold, with its intrinsic characteristics of brilliance, malleability, and resistance to corrosion, has an allure that affects people unlike anything else found on the periodic table of elements. The blunt question so often asked is: what is gold worth?

11/14/11 Article #: 649 Date: Gold Meanders

(November 14, 2011) Gold price patterns the second part of this year have retraced familiar seasonal trends. Buying in India has been huge, while US and European demand for gold bullion products have lagged going into autumn.

11/11/11 Article #: 648 Date: We Thank Our Veterans

(November 11, 2011) Thanking our armed forces veterans for their service in the defense of our freedoms and way of life should be a daily event. Be sure to take the time to thank each and every veteran you meet, for their selfless actions from Midway to Pork Chop Hill, from Khe Sanh to Kabul.

10/31/111 Article #: 647 Date: Gold Gains over 9% in Six Trading Days.

10/31/2011 After trading below $1600 briefly on Thursday 10/20/11, gold rallied sharply over the next six trading days to finish Friday 10/29/11 at $1745. Silver and copper followed upwards, also, and the dollar made new lows against the Japanese yen.

10/11/11 Article #: 646 Date: Dragon Sales Soar !

(10/11/11) Sales of the Perth Mint's Year of the Dragon 2012 gold issues have topped all previous Series II Lunar records, with the 1-ounce in short supply as all 30,000 pieces were sold out immediately, and fractional issues are selling strongly as well.

10/9/11 Article #: 645 Date: Columbus Day - And We Take a Day Off

(October 10, 2011) With banks and post offices closed, we are taking Columbus Day off. Onlygold will resume trading on Tuesday 10/11/11. Some new Specials have already been posted up, and more will follow on Monday. Give us a call Tuesday!

9/25/2011 Article #: 644 Date: Crash, Bam, Boom! - It’s 2008 all Over Again

(September 25, 2011) The noise you might have heard last week was investors running frantically for the exits: abandoning equities, abandoning commodities, and most noticeably, abandoning hope altogether that world economies would improve anytime soon.

9/21/111 Article #: 643 Date: Gold Dragons for 2012 in Stock!

(September 20, 2011) The most anticipated gold bullion issue of all time has now arrived – the 2012 Dragon from Australia’s Perth Mint. The 1-ounce gold, limited to 30,000 pieces, was allocated through various world distributors, who took every single piece for their various customers.

8/29/11 Article #: 641 Date: August Doldrums? Not This Year

August is normally a sleepy time for metals markets.All of Europe, including bankers and traders, takes its annual month off for beach trips and the like, and seasonally the theme is ‘not much happening’ for most of the summer

8/8/11 Article #: 640 Date: Debt Deal, Downgrade, Doom, Gloom, and Etc.

(August 8, 2011) If you missed last week (as we did), the best that can be said is that it was not pretty. True to form, gold gained during the chaos, silver hung in there pretty well, while the grey metals (platinum and palladium) took it pretty hard.

7/5/111 Article #: 638 Date: Gold Passes its Mid-Year Slump

(July 5, 2011) The US Mint in June cranked out its lowest number of 1-ounce gold eagles (56,000) since August of 2010, proving, if nothing else, that the middle of summer is traditionally a slow time for bullion sales. Is that a useful bit of information?

6/21/11 Article #: 636 Date: On July 15, 2011 You Will Have No Problem Getting Physical

(June 21, 2011) Rumors fly faster than the speed of light on the Internet, with one site linking to another, another, and another. Lately, a barrage of rumors stem from a misinterpretation of provisions in the Dodd-Frank bill which decidedly DO NOT effect trading in physical precious metals for near-term delivery

6/5/11 Article #: 635 Date: Taking the Measure of Gold

(June 6, 2011) On Friday June 3rd, the London PM fix was $1540.00, nearly achieving the former record price of $1540.25 reached on May 3rd. In between, a substantial sell-off in almost all commodities left its mark, while gold and oil were among the first to recover.

5/8/11 Article #: 634 Date: Commodities Sell Off as Speculators Head for the Exits

(May 8, 2011) Oil was likely the catalyst in last week’s stunning price debacles in world commodity markets, and as prices plunged in the crude market, silver, gold, and many other markets followed suit. Silver, one of the smallest of these markets, took the biggest hit, falling 12.9% on Thursday alone.

5/1/11 Article #: 633 Date: Crazy Month, Eh?/

(May Day, 2011) April is both the cruelest month, according to a bard, and also what brings May showers. Exactly what sort of precipitation could follow the likes of the past 30 days is anybody’s guess. Let’s review this month just past, chockfull as it was of action as we just haven’t seen lately…

4/8/11 Article #: 632 Date: Gold, Silver, Soar to New Highs

(April 8, 2011) Gold ended this week around $1475.00, silver climbed over $40 for the first time in 31 years, and oil traded over $110/barrel, all in the face of Mideast turmoil, including NATO’s incursion into Libya and subsequent Western military involvement in that country’s struggles.

3/15/11 Article #: 631 Date: Silver Recyling - PLUS - The Great Gold Debate

(March 15, 2011) Early last week, gold reached another record high at $1444, while silver set new multi-decade price records as it continued its spectacular performance. By Friday, uncertainty caused both markets to fall, with silver experiencing a price swing of almost $2 on Friday 3/11.

2/26/11 Article #: 630 Date: Gold Over $1400 - Again

(February 27, 2011) With gold on its fourth trip past the $1400 mark, interested parties might begin to wonder, is this it? Will gold this time blow through the $1425 level on its way to the next Big Round Number of $1500…and beyond?

2/22/11 Article #: 629 Date: Back in the Saddle for Tuesday - Did We Miss Anything?

(February 22, 2011) Gold prices surged over the $1400 mark again on 2/21/11, and silver vaulted the $34 level, all on news out of the Mideast of political turmoil spreading outward from uprising in Egypt. Not to mention the spectre of $100/barrel oil capping recent inflationary trends in virtually all commodity markets.

2/12/11 Article #: 628 Date: Precious Metals Rebound - Order is Restored

(February 12, 2011) Silver leads the way again, much as it did for most of 2010. After prices dropped to below $27 on January 25th, silver rallied 10% to close over the $30 level on 2/11/11. Gold followed also, after its correction of nearly $100 in the first three weeks of 2011.

1/26/11 Article #: 627 Date: Gold Has a Sinking Spell

(January 26, 2011) Gold prices today are down nearly $100 in less than a month’s time, after gaining about 30% versus the dollar in 2010. The year 2011 so far is telling us a different story – but what is that story?

1/16/11 Article #: 626 Date: Back with Some New Specials

(January 18, 2011) Comex trading resumes today after Monday's MLK Day pause, as precious metals continue to trade well off their highs of just two weeks ago. We are back in the saddle with 2011-dated gold and silver Eagles, Pandas, and more.

1/3/2010 Article #: 625 Date: New Year, New Price Levels

(January 3, 2011) 2010 was a gangbuster year for the precious metals – gold gained some 28% in the twelve months just past, while silver added a whopping 79%. Palladium was the overall winner for the year, breaking the $800 mark for the first time this century, up some 89% in 2010. Platinum was the laggard, up some 17% for the year.

12/21/2010 Article #: 624 Date: Closing the Books on 2010

(12/21/10) Onlygold.com will be closed for trading starting on December 24th. We will take the rest of the year off, and then be back on Monday January 3, 2011. Thanks for a fabulous year!

12/11/2010 Article #: 623 Date: Money, Death, Taxes – and Corn

(December 11, 2010) As the days continue to shorten, so does the time left for the current Congress to address taxes and, yes, death taxes. A compromise to extend the Bush tax cuts hashed out between Congressional leaders and the President runs into trouble with his own party, with not much time left on the clock…

12/5/2010 Article #: 622 Date: Gold Takes Off...To China

(December 5th, 2010) After drifting for a few weeks, gold prices soared above the $1400 level this past Friday, gaining nearly $50/ounce for the week, partly on reports officially confirming the extent of recent gold purchases by China.

11/29/2010 Article #: 621 Date: Gold Takes a Breather

(November 29. 2010) Gold over the past couple of months has traded between $1307 and $1421. Since it first breached the $1300 level two days before this Halloween it hasn’t looked back. When its price reached $1420 for a brief moment three weeks ago, gold was all the rage…

11/24/2010 Article #: 620 Date: Thanksgiving Holiday

(November 24, 2010) We will of course be closed on Thursday November 25th to celebrate the uniquely American tradition of Thanksgiving. Friday we will be on duty, including mailing and receiving mail, but because most distributors and Mint offices will be closed on Friday, we will not be trading precious metals that day.

11/15/2010 Article #: 619 Date: The Week of Taking Gold Seriously

(November 15, 2010) Gold last week hit another new record price against the quantitatively eased dollar, and then managed to fall more than 4% at week's end. More noteworthy is the new and widespread talk about the nature and function of gold itself, its future as a peg in the monetary puzzle, and its function as a currency today.

11/11/2010 Article #: 618 Date: Back to it on Friday!

(November 12, 2010) We hope you remembered to salute our Veterans, whether of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, or wherever our troops have been deployed around the world. It's been a wild month so far in gold, silver, palladium, and platinum, and now we're back.

10/27/2010 Article #: 617 Date: Gold Perplexes

(October 27, 2010) Gold reached a record US dollar price in October, continuing a trend of nearly a decade of consistent year-on-year increases. Many now discuss a gold bubble - but no one can say with certainty how close we are to it. As always, there are opinions…

9/10/2010 Article #: 613 Date: US Mint: a Division of the Treasury Department

(October 12, 2010) Gold prices, buoyed by the 'currency wars' which pose a virtually insolvable problem for econonies the world over, continue to maintain near-record prices. Demand for physical bullion surges, yet so far supplies are adequate and premiums hold steady.

Sep 20 2010 12:00AM Article #: 612 Date: Gold, the US Mint, and Proof Gold Eagles

(September 20, 2010) Over the past few weeks, gold has taken out its previous high price in nominal dollars, trading over the $1280 mark for the first time. World investor demand is the driving force, but US Mint figures show a recently declining US investor bullion demand.

Aug 16 2010 12:00AM Article #: 611 Date: Back in the Saddle with Gold on the Move

(August 16, 2010) Our annual retreat to cooler climes is now over, and we come back to find gold prices on an upsurge, even in the face of a strong dollar. We'll post up something interesting in the next few days, but in the meantime we'll hit the ground running...

Aug 5 2010 12:00AM Article #: 610 Date: Closed August 9th – 13th for Vacation

(August 5, 2010) Every year we take a week off in August to give our staff a chance to escape to cooler climes for a few days – after all, it was 110 degrees in Phoenix yesterday, the day before, the day before that, etc . etc. We will return Monday August 16th rested and refreshed. Meanwhile, here’s more on 1099s….

Jul 23 2010 12:00AM Article #: 609 Date: 1099s for Everyone – Coming in 2012!

(July 23, 2010) On Christmas Eve 2009 the Senate passed a bill entitled the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” It was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. Buried in this 2,400 page bill is an upcoming nightmare for US taxpayers and businesses.

Jun 28 2010 12:00AM Article #: 608 Date: Where Is (all that) Gold Going?

(June 28, 2010) The world seems to be expecting a correction in gold prices, and why not - demand from retail jewelry sales is falling, and supply from gold scrap recycling is at record levels. Yet, the stubborn yellow metal refuses to fall.

May 24 2010 12:00AM Article #: 605 Date: The World Saves Gold, So Does Gold Save the World?

(May 24th, 2010) As 2010 began, gold buying in the United States had finally calmed down after two years of record demand, while fiscal mismanagement Greek-style caused gold to flow like wine into European vaults. Now here comes May, and we're off to the races again.

May 4 2010 12:00AM Article #: 604 Date: April 2010: We’re Glad It’s Over

(May Day, 2010) April saw gold up nearly 5%, Greek bonds greased, Goldman Sachs under attacks, Iceland in the news again (that’s never good), an oil slick the size of Vermont spreading in the Gulf of Mexico, and Arizona taking a stab at the immigration situation.

Apr 6 2010 12:00AM Article #: 603 Date: Transmission Failure, Blackout, Car Crash

(April 6, 2010) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s March 25th “Public Meeting to Examine Futures and Options Trading in the Metals Markets” had something to offer everyone - conspiracies, drama, real facts, and spontaneous comedy.

Apr 2 2010 12:00AM Article #: 602 Date: No Trading in US, UK on Good Friday

(April 2, 2010) Commodities and stock markets are closed today, so we will not be confirming any new trades. Our store and offices will be open all day, and we will be answering the phones, and sending and receiving mail.

Mar 29 2010 12:00AM Article #: 601 Date: Gold: Supply Up, Demand Down, Market Thriving

(March 30, 2010) Gold bullion demand in the US has tapered off in the past few months, and the good news for buyers is that premiums are dropping and the days of product shortages seem long behind us. So, is there a Santa Claus?

Mar 15 2010 12:00AM Article #: 600 Date: Spring, Swallows, Eagles, Hours

(March 15, 2010) Like the swallows of Capistrano, shiny new 2010- model silver Eagles have been sighted, perhaps a harbinger of spring – or at least the end of a dismal February. The Ides of March are upon us, the time of saving daylight has begun, and spring training has sprung.

Mar 9 2010 12:00AM Article #: 599 Date: Chasing those ElusiveTungsten-filled Gold Bars

(March 9, 2010) Everybody loves a good fraud story, and rumors of “gold bars actually filled with tungsten” have spread like a virus over over the past few months. As we've said here before, there's a lot of information on the Internet - and some of it's actually true.

Feb 15 2010 12:00AM Article #: 591 Date: Moving the Metal Again

(February 16, 2010) Having swept President's Day aside, we are now back in action in the bullion markets. As the Northeast and Midwest get over last week's snowstorm (one that shut the Mint at West Point for most of the week) gold surges over $1100 again as all the precious metals pick up the pace.

Feb 9 2010 12:00AM Article #: 590 Date: Kiplinger’s Lays a Not-so-golden Egg

(February 9, 2010) The February 2010 edition of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine featured an article, “Make a Buck off a Sagging Dollar.” Unfortunately, the accompanying full-page color photo, supposedly of a gold bar, is a fake.

Jan 16 2010 12:00AM Article #: 583 Date: Back in the Saddle

(January 18, 2010) We now have the 2010 gold Pandas in stock in the various sizes, and this week we will be expanding our lineup of various sizes (from the kilogram on down to the twentieth-ounce) in the 2010 gold Tiger coins, the third issue in Lunar Series II from the Perth Mint in Australia. .

Jan 4 2010 12:00AM Article #: 582 Date: 2010 - Where Do We Go From Here?

(January 4, 2010) The decade just ended saw gold progress from total obscurity ($282.05 on 1/4/00) to fame (four-figure prices every day since October 2009). During that decade, its price almost quadrupled in US dollars, as the US (and much else of the world) went from national surpluses to staggering deficits. Yet gold's 2009 close at $1095 was some 10% off its record high for the year. Does that mean anything?

Jan 4 2010 12:00AM Article #: 581 Date: 2010 - Where Do We Go From Here?

(January 4, 2010) The decade just ended saw gold progress from total obscurity ($282.05 on 1/4/00) to fame (four-figure prices every day since October 2009). Over the decade, its price almost quadrupled in US dollars, as the US (and much else of the world) went from national surpluses to staggering deficits. Yet gold's 2009 close at $1095 was some 10% off its record high for the year. Now what?

Dec 23 2009 12:00AM Article #: 580 Date: We Say Goodbye to 2009

(December 23, 2009) Starting on Christmas Eve, we are taking our annual end of the year break from trading. We wish you and yours the best of the Season, and we will be back on the phones come Monday January 4th, 2010. In the meantime….

Dec 10 2009 12:00AM Article #: 579 Date: Free the US Mint!

(December 10, 2009) Don’t look back, the poet once said. But today, when our US Mint seems unable to cope with demand for gold bullion coins, perhaps it should simply re-acquire the skills it exercised at the turn of the century 1899-1900.

Nov 27 2009 12:00AM Article #: 578 Date: Yes, We Have No 1-ounce Eagles

(November 25, 2009) The US Mint let it be known this week that they are temporarily out of stock of gold 1-ounce Eagles and silver Eagles. Meanwhile, gold came within a few dollars of the $1200 level, while silver, platinum, and palladium all approached new highs for 2009.

Nov 23 2009 12:00AM Article #: 577 Date: Gold on a Roll, 2009

(November 24, 2009) Gold soared into record price territory again this week, trading above $1100 per ounce for its eighth straight day, and confounding its doubters with a determined refusal to back down, even against a somewhat stronger dollar.

Nov 9 2009 12:00AM Article #: 576 Date: Impending Eagles Shortages?

(November 8, 2009) As gold prices cross the $1100 mark, and make new record highs, demand for both gold and silver bullion are strong. However, the US Mint has already struck its last 2009 silver Eagle, and possibly, the last gold Eagle that it will release this year.

Nov 3 2009 12:00AM Article #: 575 Date: Exciting Frontiers in Insurance Pricing

(November 2, 2009) Gold prices just completed a full month (October 2009) trading above the $1,000 mark for the first time in history, and on Monday, November 2nd, gold’s PM London fix of $1,062 was an all-time high in dollar terms.

Oct 12 2009 12:00AM Article #: 574 Date: The Confiscation Zombie

(October 12, 2009) Talk of gold confiscation is the imaginary monster that frightens otherwise rational adults, and refuses to die. Dire predictions abound that the Feddle Gummint will, inevitably, some day, come to seize John and Jane Q Public’s pile of the shiny stuff. Why we think it's baloney.

Oct 6 2009 12:00AM Article #: 573 Date: Good News from the US Mint!

(October 6, 2009) The US Mint announced today that there will be production of 2009-dated Buffalo 1-ounce .9999 gold bullion coins, as well as fractional gold Eagles for 2009. However, the red-hot demand for gold and silver bullion means that some collector series coins will not be produced this year.

Sep 14 2009 12:00AM Article #: 572 Date: One Thousand Dollar Gold, Revisited

(September 14, 2009) On Tuesday September 8, gold traded above $1,000 for the first time in over a year, while US equities hit new highs for 2009, at the same time that US Treasuries strengthened in price. As they say, go figure.

Aug 31 2009 12:00AM Article #: 571 Date: WGC Q2 Gold Demand Report, and…

(August 31, 2009) We present here the Executive Summary of the World Gold Council’s report on gold off-take and supply for the period April-June 2009.

Aug 10 2009 12:00AM Article #: 570 Date: We’re back!

(August 10, 2009) As promised, we have returned to the scene after our week in sundry far-flung locations, experiencing the various joys known as family vacations. It appears that the precious metals performed pretty well without us.

Jul 30 2009 12:00AM Article #: 569 Date: Closed for the Week of August 3rd-7th.

(July 31, 2009) Every year we take off the first week in August, giving our staff a chance to escape the constant 100 degree plus temperatures of summer in Phoenix, Arizona. We will be back on Monday August 10th.

Jul 9 2009 12:00AM Article #: 568 Date: Summer Notes from All Over

(July 8, 2009) Gold prices are softening, and many buyers are making vacation plans or have already escaped to work-free havens. This might be the perfect time to ramble down the yellow brick road…

Jun 26 2009 12:00AM Article #: 567 Date: Tenant Improvements 101

(June 26, 2009) It’s been a while since we posted anything new here, but we’ve been busy. And by busy, I mean actual physical labor involving moving this whole enterprise lock stock and barrel, so to speak, down the sidewalk about fifty feet.

May 25 2009 12:00AM Article #: 566 Date: What happened? Well, it’s Complicated

(May 25, 2009) Our Recent Economic Unpleasantness cries out for a simple explanation. Unfortunately, its causes are many, and it would take the financial and economic history of the 20th century to explain them. So, let’s get started.

May 11 2009 12:00AM Article #: 565 Date: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

(May 11, 2009) Our promised follow-up on mistruths about gold collector coins. The hobby of coin collecting, a once-leisurely pastime, has been hijacked by opportunistic marketers who use fear and lies to hard-sell numismatic coins to people who only want to buy gold.

May 4 2009 12:00AM Article #: 562 Date: Buying Gold, or Starting a Hobby?

(May 3, 2009) September of 2008 began a genuine gold rush as many private citizens and money managers have chosen the traditional refuge in times of political, economic, and fiscal uncertainty – the purchase and custody of gold in tradable bullion forms.

Apr 12 2009 12:00AM Article #: 561 Date: Gold Action in Seasonal Slowdown

(April 11, 2009) Traditionally, a national pause occurs in the gold business in the weeks preceding the 15th April. In preparation for this least holy of days, US citizens are busy contemplating his or her personal finances as they prepare to render unto Uncle Sam Caesar his due.

Apr 9 2009 12:00AM Article #: 560 Date: We Will be Closed for Trading on Good Friday

(April 9, 2009) Although banks and the post office will be open on Friday, 4/10/09, the Comex market will not trade, nor will most of the major bullion houses. So we are going to be working away on Friday, but not taking orders to buy or sell.

Mar 21 2009 12:00AM Article #: 559 Date: Putting some Pop into that Dirty Old Gold

(March 21, 2009) Gold prices reasserted themselves with a vengeance this week, soaring some $80 in 24 hours with the announcement on Wednesday that yet another trillion or so of our dollars were being created to benefit large suffering corporate entities in a further act of unrequited charity on our behalf.

Mar 5 2009 12:00AM Article #: 558 Date: March, Into the Future

(March 5, 2009) After a short lull in January, gold bullion coin and bar demand has soared once again on a near-daily onslaught of news reports about our Recent Economic Unpleasantness, proposed and actual multi-trillion dollar solutions, and a general sense of mistrust of every investment haven under the sun. Worldwide, physical gold rules.

Feb 13 2009 12:00AM Article #: 557 Date: Valentine Notes from All Over

(February 14th, 2009 – Valentines Day) By now, I wouldn’t be shocked if you hadn’t yet received a box of chocolates, flowers, or a gift of a night on the town. It is unfortunate, but sometimes, often at the wrong times, you just have to be patient and wait for what you want.

Jan 27 2009 12:00AM Article #: 556 Date: January Notes from All Over

(January 27, 2009, The Year of the Ox) Taking stock of this New Year, we find a global situation of reduced economic circumstances, in which the flow of world trade has slowed, and remedies such as bailouts and rescues are focus of the day. Is this the Gloomer’s time to shine?

Feb 3 2008 12:00AM Article #: 555 Date: Tim Geithner – Please Read This

(January 5, 2009) 2008 was a terrible year for most every financial asset, but gold’s return of 4.31% beat most of the alternatives. Unfortunately, 2008’s unprecedented surge in bullion demand was not met with adequate supply for the average US investor.

Dec 22 2008 12:00AM Article #: 553 Date: Our Year-End Schedule

(December 22, 2008) We thank all of you for making 2008 our 8th consecutive year of record sales. Now it’s time for our staff to have a break. We will be taking orders through Noon on Christmas Eve, and we’ll return for new business on Monday January 5th, 2009.

Dec 1 2008 12:00AM Article #: 551 Date: December First Report

(12/1/08) The currently accepted consensus is that the various federal ‘rescues’ and ‘bailouts’ conceived over the past few months will clock in at some $7.5 trillion dollars. Or, to put it another way, $7,500,000,000,000.

Nov 23 2008 12:00AM Article #: 550 Date: Closed Until December First!

(November 23, 2008) We wish you and yours a fantastic Thanksgiving as we take a break from trading at Onlygold.com. We'll be back in the saddle on Monday December 1st.

Nov 8 2008 12:00AM Article #: 549 Date: Gold As It Is Today

(November 8, 2008) Now in the sixth week of 2008's Great Gold Rush, gold bullion product remains scarce, demand for physical gold continues to be off the charts, while prices remain moribund. What’s a gold buyer to do?

Oct 25 2008 12:00AM Article #: 548 Date: Gold Wakes Up, and Totally Falls out of Bed

(October 25, 2008) Last week, seemingly everything went down in price versus the dollar – US stocks, oil, most commodities, and spectacularly, gold, falling some 14% from the $801 London morning fix on 10/17/08 to $692.50 just a week later.

Oct 12 2008 12:00AM Article #: 547 Date: The Worst Week Ever, and Gold Sleeps Through It

(October 12, 2008) It sure was a terrible week, with trillions of dollars of losses for the stock markets of the world, financial lockups and meltdowns everywhere, bailouts, takeovers, fretting, panic, and a general wailing and gnashing of teeth. Meanwhile, gold doesn't seem to be paying attention. What's up with that?

Oct 6 2008 12:00AM Article #: 546 Date: Sold Out!

(October 6, 2008) At this time, worldwide mints and refiners have been overwhelmed with demand for physical gold bullion. Unhappily, we are having to suspend further sales of our standard bullion products until such time as new supplies become available.

Oct 3 2008 12:00AM Article #: 545 Date: A 21st Century Gold Rush

(October 3, 2008) Three weeks of unprecedented demand for gold bullion coins and bars have left the shelves of mints, refiners, distributors, and dealers virtually empty. There simply is not enough refining and production capacity to keep up with crisis-level demand.

Sep 25 2008 12:00AM Article #: 544 Date: Genuine Shortages of Bullion Gold Products

(September 25, 2008) As bullion dealers, we are disappointed to announce what we hope is a temporary shortage of many of the most popular bullions products at this time. What has been rumor over the past few weeks is, unfortunately, now fact.

Sep 22 2008 12:00AM Article #: 543 Date: The Gangbusters Week of Billions and Trillions

(September 21, 2008) A lot happened this week. Gold, for instance, soared from $778 on Wednesday's close to Thursday's after-hours high of $924, its biggest one-day price gain since 1980. Lehman, AIG, Merrill Lynch, and much of what used to be, no longer is. Gold sales are just gangbusters.

Sep 13 2008 12:00AM Article #: 542 Date: Gold Update: Products and Possibilities

(September 13, 2008) The US market for physical gold bullion is going through extraordinary time, with demand surging in the face of a 25% drop in gold spot prices since March. So exactly where are we today?

Aug 30 2008 12:00AM Article #: 541 Date: What is a Gold Bullion Supply Chain?

(August 30, 2008) Talk is everywhere of gold shortages. American dealers, it is said, are running out of gold bullion to sell. Delays in delivery are causing confusion. And of course, misunderstandings are flying at Internet speed.

Aug 16 2008 12:00AM Article #: 540 Date: Remember GATA? Another Gold Conspiracy Unveiled!

(August 16, 2008) On Thursday 8/14/08, the Mint notified its bullion distributors that the 1-ounce size gold Eagles were out of stock and temporarily not on offer for a while, with more details to follow early next week. Then the fun began…

Aug 11 2008 12:00AM Article #: 539 Date: We’re Back – Did We Miss Anything?

(August 11, 2008) While we were away for a week, gold lost 5.6% of its dollar value, continuing a downward trend from its most recent peak on July 15th, a scant 18 trading days ago, when gold was some $135 higher than on Friday 8/8/08.

Aug 1 2008 12:00AM Article #: 538 Date: Our Annual Summer Vacation

(August 1, 2008) It’s that time of year again when we flee the heat of the Sonoran desert and find refuge in cooler climes. Friday 8/1/08 will be our last day here until we return for business on Monday August 11th rested, relaxed, and ready to go!

Jul 15 2008 12:00AM Article #: 537 Date: How About Some Official Gloom & Doom?

(July 15, 2008) Any time gold prices go up $100 in a month, it’s certain that big money is betting that things in this world aren’t exactly going hunky-dory. Let’s take it from Ben Bernanke himself:

Jun 18 2008 12:00AM Article #: 536 Date: Daddy, What Was Silver?

(June 18, 2008) Driving back from a Saturday jaunt down to old Tombstone, the rich pearl of the Arizona Territory during its silver mining boom circa 1879-1886, silver was definitely on my mind.

May 19 2008 12:00AM Article #: 535 Date: What IS Money?

(May 18, 2008) In the early days of our country, before the expense of the Civil War required the Union to take unto itself the monopoly issuance of legal tender, paper money was a Hydra-headed agglomeration of notes both true and false. Today, our money is standardized and taken for granted, yet who can we believe about its true value?

May 1 2008 12:00AM Article #: 533 Date: At the Phrase “Metric Tonne,” Hang Up Immediately

(May 1, 2008) For centuries, scams have been based on vast quantities of gold. The lure of treasure is strong, and tales of gold hoards lost, found, or available on the cheap have a universal appeal to those who can be convinced that money grows on trees.

Apr 7 2008 12:00AM Article #: 530 Date: A Short Pause in the Action

(April 7, 2008) While gold corrects some 12% from its March 2008 (and all-time) high, we finally find space to breathe, clear off some old business, and try to throw some words up on the old website after a hectic first quarter.

Mar 11 2008 12:00AM Article #: 529 Date: Another Saturday Morning Adventure in Coins

(March 9, 2008) To quote Jim Anchower, “I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but things got crazy, if you know what I mean.” Gold soaring, paper crumbling, banks shaky, economy in recession – but let’s talk about my weekend.

Feb 25 2008 12:00AM Article #: 528 Date: What IS Spot?

(February 25, 2008) One of the most frequently asked questions we hear lately is, why are our gold spot prices lower than what is reported in the media, such as CNBC or other business news programs?

Jan 29 2008 12:00AM Article #: 220 Date: The MLK Day Panic of 2008

(January 28th, 2008) Without a doubt, what we just saw was this century's most memorable week in world financial history. It included official recognition of a US recession, a pre-dawn rate cut by the Fed, a series of massive swings in equities and precious metals markets, and the return of the ‘rogue trader.‘

Jan 10 2008 12:00AM Article #: 219 Date: Gold Hits an All-time High Price! (Sort of)

(January 9rd, 2008) As recently as 2001, gold could be had for $258/ounce. Jill Leyland, the World Gold Council’s chief economist says: “Gold was considered old-fashioned.” On Wednesday, 1/9/08, gold traded at $879.50, a price never seen before.

Dec 16 2007 12:00AM Article #: 218 Date: 2008 and Gold – Here We Go!

(January 2, 2008) Gold’s rise of some 32% in 2007, from $638.75 on the first trading day, to the 12/31/07 closing price of $834.9 was its most spectacular year-on-year performance since 1979.

Dec 2 2007 12:00AM Article #: 217 Date: Year-End Bullion Product Report

(December 1, 2007) Just as the gold market cools off a bit, and bargain-hunters look to get their toes wet at lower price levels, we find a conspiracy of factors in play that make physical gold bullion products a little harder to find.

Nov 19 2007 12:00AM Article #: 214 Date: Gold Prices Explore New Levels

(November 19, 2007) Gold traded into the long-forgotten $800 price level over the past week, and given the state of the world, is it really any wonder? And judging from the virtual absence of domestic press coverage of gold, does anyone in the US even care?

Nov 2 2007 12:00AM Article #: 213 Date: Shameless New Products Plug – sans Pix

(November 2, 2007) The Series II gold Mouses have arrived, along with another .9999 fine gold Perth Mint product, the new 2008 Kangaroo. We have sizes from the 2-ounce down to the diminutive twentieth-ounce in each available for sale.

Oct 17 2007 12:00AM Article #: 212 Date: More Fun with Big Numbers

(October 16, 2007) Now in its sixth week trading above $700, gold averaged over $712 in September, and some $737 so far in October. We find that over the past two years, there has been a $1.46 trillion shift in the relationship between the dollar and the value of the world's gold supply.

Oct 8 2007 12:00AM Article #: 211 Date: Gold Set to Cost $700 for a While.

(October 5th, 2007) Gold’s fourth straight week of trading for more than seven hundred US dollars is starting to look more like a plateau rather than a price spike. Would a chartist call this phase, ‘base-building?’

Oct 1 2007 12:00AM Article #: 210 Date: Gold Rallies, Rallies, and Rallies Some More

(September 28, 2007) Gold prices rose steadily in September, trading above $700 for 16 straight days, and fixing in Friday’s London afternoon market at a new 27-year high of $743, a gain of some 12% for the month.

Sep 23 2007 12:00AM Article #: 209 Date: Gold Reaches 27-year High as the Dollar Retreats

(September 21, 2007) Gold traded this afternoon in London markets at $737 per ounce, its highest dollar price since February 1980. And as Ben Bernanke makes his first dramatic move at the helm of the Fed, Alan Greenspan released a book explaining his reign there.

Sep 10 2007 12:00AM Article #: 208 Date: Back to the Future, Part II

(September 9, 2007) Gold took 16 months to reclaim its $700 price level, and this week it did it with a bang, climbing some 4.6% versus the dollar, posting higher prices each day. Amidst new demand from India, China, and the Middle East, it closed Friday right on that big round number.

Aug 29 2007 12:00AM Article #: 207 Date: A Little Treasure Story

(August 28, 2007) Today’s afternoon London gold fix was $666, a portentous number to some. But since March the market has been consistently saying that an ounce of gold is worth two-thirds of a thousand American dollars. Deviations from that level have simply been noise.

Aug 24 2007 12:00AM Article #: 206 Date: Last Call for Lunar Gold Series I!

(August 24, 2007) We will be taking final orders for Lunar gold coins priced with quantity discounts, on Monday, August 27th, and Tuesday August 28th. The Perth Mint is ending the order period for the 12-year series this month, and the availability of coins in quantity after that is doubtful.

Aug 9 2007 12:00AM Article #: 205 Date: Credit Crunches, Foreclosures, and Mosquitoes

(August 9, 2007) Coming back from our week off, we find this month’s headlines dominated by real estate troubles - slow sales, falling prices, fewer building starts, and the largest housing inventory on market since 1992. Introducing the 'poverty effect.'

Aug 6 2007 12:00AM Article #: 204 Date: We're Back! Did We Miss Anything?

(August 6, 2007) Now tan, fit, and rested, we return from our annual summer holiday, renewed and refreshed, and ready to take on whatever the precious metals markets deal out for us in the second half of this year.

Jul 27 2007 12:00AM Article #: 203 Date: Our Annual Summer Week Off

(July 28, 2007) Today begins our short break from the summer heat of the Sonoran desert, a time when all of our staff heads out to places where 100 degrees Fahrenheit is not a daily occurrence. We will return Monday, August 6th.

Jul 17 2007 12:00AM Article #: 201 Date: 10 Acre Estate, 7 Safes, 45 Pounds of Gold, and 14,500 Silver Dollars

(July 16, 2007) We received a very excited phone call the other week from the owner of a local estate service. His company had been hired by a bank to sell an estate, and while opening the seven safes that were in the main house, a fortune in gold and silver coins had been found…

Jul 9 2007 12:00AM Article #: 200 Date: We’re Back – Let’s Begin the 2nd Half of 2007!

(July 9, 2007) Assessing the first six months of 2007, the action in physical gold bullion markets has lacked the urgency that we saw in May of 2006 when gold reached a $725 peak. For this year so far, ‘directionless’ best describes the price action of the US dollar versus our favorite store of value, gold.

Jul 3 2007 12:00AM Article #: 199 Date: We Take an Independence Day Vacation

(July 4, 2007) On this, the 231st anniversary of our country’s Declaration of Independence from King George III of England, we are going to celebrate by making a real long weekend of it. We’ll be back at work Monday 7/9/07.

Jun 20 2007 12:00AM Article #: 198 Date: Final Ordering Deadline Fixed for Australia’s Lunar Series I Gold Coins

June 20, 2007) After a few months of wrangling back and forth with the Perth Mint, today we received official notice of the ordering deadline for the hugely popular gold and silver Lunar Series bullion coins. Unless or until mintage limits are met, the latest date is…August 31, 2007.

May 22 2007 12:00AM Article #: 196 Date: New Gold and Old Reasons

(May 22, 2007) The world of gold bullion buzzed with the release of the 99.999% pure Maple Leaf coins from Canada this week, abetted by the simultaneous release of the world's largest gold coin, the 100-kilogram, million-dollar face value, gold Maple Leaf featuring the same new design.

May 8 2007 12:00AM Article #: 194 Date: A Modern Silver Story

In 1965, the first blows of U.S. Mint coining dies onto copper-nickel dime and quarter blanks shattered a 170-year tradition of silver coins in everyday American commerce. Days earlier, 1964-dated dimes had been struck on silver blanks not much changed since 1796, but now silver was disappearing…

Apr 22 2007 12:00AM Article #: 192 Date: The Dollar, Pounded and Scrambled

(April 21, 2007) For the first time in 26 years, it now takes two US dollars to purchase one British pound as the dollar’s weakness continues against most currencies, precious metals, and even a carton of eggs, now up some 30% in dollars terms in a year's time.

Mar 30 2007 12:00AM Article #: 191 Date: Lunar Gold Series I to Close this Summer

(March 30, 2007) Now in its 12th and final year, the Lunar Series gold bullion coins issued by the Perth Mint will cease production as of this summer. This innovative and beautiful set of coins has been a favorite of many, and Series II will launch this autumn in a new format.

Feb 27 2007 12:00AM Article #: 190 Date: Exactly How Can Gold Be “Dirty?”

(February 27, 2007) A public relations campaign called “No Dirty Gold” is out to help consumers avoid gold that has been party to any of the evils of humankind. Anyone with a sense of history realizes that not much aboveground gold is going to pass such a test...

Feb 6 2007 12:00AM Article #: 189 Date: Spending All the Gold in the World

(February 5, 2007) President Bush presented to Congress today his proposed budget of $2.9 trillion. Democrats, of course, objected to some of the proposed entitlement cuts, while realists pointed out that some of the budget’s assumptions are, well, unrealistic. But we have another take altogether….

Jan 15 2007 12:00AM Article #: 188 Date: 2007 Additions to the Gold Menagerie

(January 15th, 2007) In the worldwide zoo of gold bullion choices for 2007, the Panda is stronger than ever, the Kangaroo finally makes a striking impression, the Buffalo will return, the Pig completes Lunar Series I, and so far the Cat is missing. And the Krugerrand started it all.

Jan 2 2007 12:00AM Article #: 187 Date: If Gold Were a Hedge Fund, You Could Brag About It

(January 1, 2007) Gold closed 2006 at $635, up some 23.19% during 2006, rounding out a five-year performance during which prices have more than doubled since the beginning of 2002. The rich pay hedge fund managers huge fees for such performance, but why should you?

Dec 19 2006 12:00AM Article #: 186 Date: A Merry Christmas and Happy..

(December 20, 2006) As this old year draws to a close amidst a cloud of evergreens, seasonal baked goods, and the usual gang of old chestnuts, we announce our winter week off commencing at the end of business December 22nd. We shall return on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007!

Nov 20 2006 12:00AM Article #: 185 Date: Wrapping Up A Year in Gold

(November 20, 2006) Gold has recently held its ground at $600+, having convincingly broken a pattern over the past few months of tracking oil prices, which on Friday fell to a 17-month low of $56/barrel. Gold has actually been boring lately, although boring at a plateau we haven’t seen in decades…

Oct 13 2006 12:00AM Article #: 183 Date: When Pigs Fly!

(October 13, 2006) Today the long-awaited final Lunar coin, the 2007 Year of the Pig issue from the Perth Mint, is scheduled to arrive on premises here in Arizona. On Monday 10/16/06 we will begin shipping orders for Pigs and 2007 Kangaroos. All Pigs will fly by Wednesday, 10/18.

Sep 24 2006 12:00AM Article #: 182 Date: Amaranth’s Anomaly -or- When Hedge Models Go Awry

(September 24, 2006) Chevron announced on September 6th a potential 15 billion barrel oil discovery deep in the Gulf of Mexico. That same day a total rout in prices of oil, metals, and natural gas began. Soon thereafter, a hedge fund died of natural gas causes.

Sep 9 2006 12:00AM Article #: 181 Date: A Weak Week for Gold

(September 9, 2006) In 48 hours time, gold lost 5% of its value this past Thursday and Friday. What causes such seismic valuation shifts in a metal whose market is perhaps the oldest in existence, a market that essentially defines the value of money itself?

Aug 21 2006 12:00AM Article #: 180 Date: A Saturday Morning Treasure Hunt

(August 20, 2006) Buried treasure is where you find it, as I found out recently on a buying expedition right in the heart of town. And sometimes, you really never can tell…anything.

Aug 7 2006 12:00AM Article #: 179 Date: The Dollar, Canadian and Otherwise…

(August 7, 2006) In the Gulf Islands around the Vancouver area, just a few miles north of Washington state, I enjoyed wonderful cool weather in a place where Christmas trees grow down to the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and for a week, gold slipped my mind entirely. Almost…

Jul 26 2006 12:00AM Article #: 178 Date: Soon We’ll Spend Our Summer Vacation…Somewhere Else

As August approaches, we are thoroughly wilted from the past few weeks of 110+ degree heat here in Arizona, and we all look forward to spending a week in cooler climes. We will be closed starting July 29, and will re-open on Monday, August 7th.

Jul 10 2006 12:00AM Article #: 177 Date: Gold From the Arizona Territories!

On Valentine's Day in 1912, Arizona became the last of the contiguous 48 states to be admitted to the Union. The Anglo history of this state starts with mining - first gold, then silver, and, even today, massive amounts of copper. And once in a while, we see artifacts from the old days…

Jun 18 2006 12:00AM Article #: 175 Date: The Buffalo Has Arrived!

(June 20, 2006) This week the US Mint officially releases its new .9999 pure gold bullion coin, featuring a Native American in profile on the obverse, and an American Bison in full on the reverse. If you are a numismatist, that combination of themes on US coinage should seem pretty familiar – it was first seen in general circulation 93 years ago.

Jun 5 2006 12:00AM Article #: 174 Date: Gold Looks for Traction

(June 4, 2006) Commenting on gold’s trip beyond $700 last month, analyst Peter Bernstein said, “All the necessary conditions for a mess were there.” Now, with the US intending to ‘talk’ with Iran, gold’s recent war premium may be lessened, but “necessary conditions” prevail that will pick up and carry gold prices for some time forward…

May 20 2006 12:00AM Article #: 173 Date: Well, There You Have it!

(May 19th, 2006) In six trading days, gold prices finally did something they haven’t done in over a year – they achieved that long-awaited 10% correction. It was so overdue, that some were starting to think that it would never happen, and what a shocking washout it turned out to be!

May 7 2006 12:00AM Article #: 172 Date: Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation

(May 7, 2006) Another week, another 25-year high for gold versus the dollar. Gold has now gained $425 in 5 years, $150 of that in the past eight weeks. $850 seems in sight, a level last reached in 1980, a time of surging oil prices and, yes, some sort of trouble between the US and Iran.

Apr 18 2006 12:00AM Article #: 171 Date: Okay, Gold is Up $100 So Far This Year – Now What?

(April 17, 2006) Gold prices began 2006 around the $513 level, and now threaten to spike into parabolic territory. A new crowd of potential buyers see that gold has a bright future, and are suspicious of their weakening dollars, but they're starting to fear there won't be a good correction.

Apr 17 2006 12:00AM Article #: 170 Date: Career Opportunity for the Right Person

(April 17th, 2006) This month we are launching a national search for an addition to our staff. How do we find the right bright bulb to help our operation? Someone suggested that it couldn’t hurt to post the opening right here on this website, so here goes…

Apr 14 2006 12:00AM Article #: 169 Date: Precious Metals Markets Closed for the Holiday Weekend

(April 14, 2006) Precious metals put in a strong showing this week, with gold's active June contract trading over $600 for most of the week, silver climbing towards the $13 level, and palladium and platinum holding their own. We take a much-needed trading break until Monday morning...

Apr 2 2006 12:00AM Article #: 168 Date: Precious Metals Slam Dunk!

(April 2, 2006) We hereby declare the Final Four winners this week to be Gold, Silver, Palladium, and Platinum, which posted, respectively, 25-year, 22-year, 4-year, and All-time price records versus the highly-favored, once-mighty US dollar.

Mar 18 2006 12:00AM Article #: 167 Date: Gold Is Where You Find It

(March 18, 2006) In tabulating our year-end inventory using the year 2005’s final gold trading price of $513, I am reminded that gold began the year 2005 with a spot price of $427. To coin a phrase, a lot of water has gone over the dam since then.

Feb 25 2006 12:00AM Article #: 166 Date: A Sane and Sober Look at the (Possibly) Coming Silver ETF

(February 25, 2006) In 1980 the Hunt brothers attempted corner on the silver market imploded, and for years afterward the phrase ‘silver investor’ could hardly be uttered without a snicker. Silver became 'semi-precious,’ and traded around $5 for nearly two decades. Today, however, at $9 and change, something is up...

Feb 15 2006 12:00AM Article #: 165 Date: The Old Gold Out of Africa Scam

(February 15, 2006) Have you ever been contacted, perhaps through an email or fax, about a veritable fortune in gold in the possession of someone in Africa, someone who desperately needs your help to bring it to America? This week, we bring you a story of gold fraud.

Jan 30 2006 12:00AM Article #: 164 Date: “A Man Walks in with a Bar…”

(January 29, 2006) Yesterday was the official start of the Year of the Dog, tomorrow is the last day of the reign of Alan Greenspan as head of the Fed, North Korea is turning out superb counterfeit US $100 bills, and I have a gold bar story for you…

Jan 15 2006 12:00AM Article #: 163 Date: Five Hundred, Fifty Six Dollars, and Ten Cents

(January 13, 2006) On this date, gold prices closed at $556.10, a 25-year record high price in dollar terms. Those who have owned gold for a while are not surprised at the higher levels, but new buyers hesitate to pay record prices. Who is right? B.B. King, of course.

Jan 2 2006 12:00AM Article #: 162 Date: A New Year For Gold

(January 2, 2006) In gold’s Dark Decades from 1981 to 2001, any public mention of the ageless yellow metal was more likely to be punitive than positive. But things change, witness a recent Barron’s article entitled, “Golden Opportunity?” - a question which is answered entirely in the affirmative.

Dec 24 2005 12:00AM Article #: 161 Date: We’re Gone for the Year, Back on January 2, 2006

(December 24, 2005) At this time we say goodbye to another year, this one having been one of gold’s most exciting in a couple of decades. Gold prices pushed $540 in December, which was the most fun that the hard yellow metal has had since 1982.

Dec 10 2005 12:00AM Article #: 160 Date: 5 Days of Trading & Gold Drops 4.7%

(December 16, 2005) All good parabolic rises in prices must come to a peak, and gold prices reached that level last Friday. This week, a market that could only go up, reversed itself and could only go down. Technically, the bloom is, at least for now, off the rose.

Dec 2 2005 12:00AM Article #: 159 Date: Gold at a New Magic Number

(December 2, 2005) Gold prices reached the long-awaited $500 level this week, closing in New York trading at $502.50 on December 1st. The next day’s 2nd London fix was exactly the same, while Friday afternoon saw New York markets close at $503.30, with aftermarket trading at the $505.00 level.

Nov 18 2005 12:00AM Article #: 158 Date: Wow, Pow, Holy Cow! Gold on a Roll!

Gold prices in US dollars surged $30 in nine trading days, catapulting from $456 on Monday November 7th to close at $486 on Thursday November 17th. A ‘buzz’ is growing about gold, now trading within chump change of the once unimaginable $500 level.

Oct 30 2005 12:00AM Article #: 157 Date: Gold Has Some Scary Issues

(October 31, 2005) The old saying is that there are two things that you never want to see being made: sausage and legislation. A series of articles this past week in the New York Times may have you adding the mining of gold to that list, and just at a time when you may need gold the most.

Oct 20 2005 12:00AM Article #: 156 Date: A Hedgehog’s Notes From All Over

(October 20, 2005) “The fox knows many things, the hedgehog only one. But it's a big one.” Roughly translated, so said the Greek poet Achilochus. This week, we will amble amiably from hedge to hedge, touching gold everywhere.

Oct 1 2005 12:00AM Article #: 155 Date: Where Have All the Dragons Gone?

(October 1, 2005) In the midst of our current gold rally, and concurrent with the introduction of the 2006 Australian Lunar Series Dog coins, the year 2000 1-ounce gold Dragon has taken off on a trajectory all it own. What is the Lunar Series with the Dragon out of sight?

Sep 25 2005 12:00AM Article #: 154 Date: Our Busiest Week, Ever

(September 24, 2005) Record gold prices this week brought out record amounts of trading in physical gold holdings. Many long-time gold-holders sold at the highest prices seen in 17 years, thereby filling the demands of buyers who feel that we’re on the brink of the biggest gold bull market since the Carter years.

Sep 17 2005 12:00AM Article #: 153 Date: US Dollar Slumps to 17-year Low Against Gold

(September 16, 2005) Gold climbed over the past two months towards the US$450 level, this week finally breaking through in spectacular fashion to trade above US$460. It now takes more dollars to buy an ounce of gold than at any time since June of 1988. Where’s the confidence?

Sep 4 2005 12:00AM Article #: 152 Date: Why Would You Renovate a Coin Shop Anyway?

(September 4, 2005) We just finished ‘freshening up’ our showroom and offices, including paint, tile, carpet, and rejuvenated fixtures. History was uncovered, numismatic debris boxed and hauled out, and like a lot of painful experiences, it feels so good to stop.

Aug 11 2005 12:00AM Article #: 149 Date: United States Mint Recovers 10 Famed Double Eagles

(WASHINGTON, August 11, 2005) The United States Mint has recovered ten more of the fabled 1933 Double Eagle gold pieces. These numismatic artifacts were illegally removed from the United States Mint at Philadelphia more than 70 years ago.

Aug 8 2005 12:00AM Article #: 148 Date: While We Weren’t Watching, Gold Climbed

(August 8, 2005) August begins the 10th month of gold trading between $418 and $458, as gold climbs 2% in a week to $438. In a word, the gold market has been flat, not unlike the past 26 years during which gold has traded, in unadjusted dollar terms, at between $250 and $850. So when does gold inflate?

Jul 20 2005 12:00AM Article #: 146 Date: A-Mark Precious Metals Bought By GMAI

(July18, 2005) Greg Manning Auctions, Inc., announced today its purchase of A-Mark Precious Metals for $20 million in cash. A-Mark, the largest precious metals company in the US, had projected 2005 sales of some $2.5 billion. $20 million may seem like a bargain, but it's about 10 times A-Mark’s annual earnings.

Jul 6 2005 12:00AM Article #: 145 Date: Holy Moly, Is It July Already?

(July 5, 2005) What exactly was there to report in June: Inflation? The real estate "bubble" was on every magazine cover on the planet. The dollar? China would like to recycle some by buying Unocal, but Uncle Sam says that won’t fly. Gold? For the first time ever, it takes over 350 euro notes to buy an ounce of gold. Now that's news!

Jun 8 2005 12:00AM Article #: 144 Date: Fun With Gold Numbers!

(May 8, 2005) Do you like big numbers with lots of zeroes? Do you know how much gold there is in the world? Do you know what the current and, worse still, projected US federal deficit is? Which do you think is bigger, the Microsoft Corporation, or all the gold in Fort Knox?

May 28 2005 12:00AM Article #: 143 Date: Eagles Versus the Unknown

(May 28, 2005) Last month the US Mint announced that in 2006 it will launch a new gold bullion coin of .9999 purity. This has made some holders of the current US gold Eagle nervous. Although the success of the new program is far from certain, the question is: What should gold Eagle owners do now?

May 13 2005 12:00AM Article #: 142 Date: Of Frogs and People - Being a Trifle Concerned with a Broken-down Fiat

(Friday the 13th, May 2005) Most of us practice "business as usual" - accepting our financial fate in our home country’s currency. Our failure to protect ourselves against a shrinking dollar is simple human (or amphibian) nature. Call it inertia as US citizens take a bath, tepid at first…

Apr 19 2005 12:00AM Article #: 141 Date: US Mint to Introduce 24-Karat Gold Bullion Investment Coin in 2006

(April 19, 2005) The US Mint this morning announced the coming of a new gold sales program featuring 99.99% pure gold bullion coins. The Mint's current gold Eagle bullion coin, which in its 20-year history has come to dominate the domestic bullion market, is struck in 22-karat (91.67% pure) gold.

Apr 6 2005 12:00AM Article #: 140 Date: Taking Out the (Euro) Trash

(April 7, 2005) The value relationships amongst the dollar, euro, yen, and, most importantly these days, the Chinese renminbi effect the direction, size and trends of our global economy. Trading the sinking dollar for another currency merely shifts your risk across the ocean – and what would your possible winnings look like?

Mar 23 2005 12:00AM Article #: 139 Date: Fed Finds Inflation, Flips Inflection, Mystifies Masses

(March 23, 2005) On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve Bank, as expected, raised the federal funds rate by a quarter-point, its seventh such move since mid-2004. But a subtle change in verbiage threw the stock, bond, foreign exchange and precious metals markets into a tizzy.

Feb 24 2005 12:00AM Article #: 138 Date: Gold, Dollars, Social Insecurity

(February 24, 2005) Gold is now in the 3rd week of the current rally, having come off a low of $411 last seen on Feb 9th. The surge in oil prices to back over $50 a barrel yesterday, coupled with the prospects for continuing deficits, have helped to propel gold prices versus the dollar.

Jan 21 2005 12:00AM Article #: 137 Date: Strong Talk, Weak Dollar

(January 20, 2005) Franklin D. Roosevelt, through various 'banking acts' in early 1933, instantly devalued the dollar some 69%, while at the same time denying American citizens the right to own gold. FDR was called by some "a traitor to his class." President Bush's first term only saw the dollar lose some 60.7% against gold.

Nov 17 2004 12:00AM Article #: 136 Date: Gold Breaks out into Uncharted Territory

(November 17, 2004) Today’s gold close of $445 is the highest since 1988. Yet despite gold's fairly steady climb for nearly four years, the bull market excitement just isn't there. This is not a classic bull market in gold, but quite decidedly a stampeding bear market in the US dollar.

Jan 15 2005 12:00AM Article #: 135 Date: Flash: Gold Gets Dissed in Major Financial Publication!

(January 15, 2005) Gold's performance against the dollar recently must have occurred in vain, or so we read last week: “Gold is not money. It is a metal. Today’s monetary world is one of paper currency and its electronic blip equivalent. The world does not have a metal standard. It is not about to get one.”

Jan 3 2005 12:00AM Article #: 134 Date: Gold Prices Softer as 2005 Opens

(January 3, 2005) In the thin gold markets that transpired between the holidays, gold prices fell back into the 430's range for the first time since early November. Those looking to "Be Prepared" now find a chance to buy into a gold market which is 5% more affordable than on December 6th.

Dec 18 2004 12:00AM Article #: 133 Date: See You Next Year!

(December 18, 2004) As gold settles in for a short Winter’s nap, so will we - shutting down our database on Christmas Eve. This year we are taking a week off to rest up, re-acquaint ourselves with our families, take a few deep breaths, and maybe head north and go play in the snow...

Dec 4 2004 12:00AM Article #: 132 Date: Gold or GLD?

(December 3, 2004) Gold has finally and decisively broken out of a 12-month trading range of $388 to $428, today closing at another (ho-hum) new 16-year high of $456. Coincidentally, November saw the introduction of a point-and-click gold product, an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) known as GLD.

Nov 18 2004 12:00AM Article #: 131 Date: Gold Breaks out into Uncharted Territory

(November 17, 2004) Today’s gold close of $445 is the highest since 1988. Yet despite gold's 4-year price climb, we're not yet seeing the raging excitement of a true bull market in gold. In fact, we're seeing the more sobering reality of a stampeding bear market in the US dollar.

Nov 5 2004 12:00AM Article #: 130 Date: Gold Trades at a 15-Year High

(November 5, 2004) On Thursday, November 4th, both the 2nd London fix and the New York Comex settlement came in at over $430 for the first time since 1989, while the dollar closed at new lows against the Euro. That’s not good news for our faith-based dollar…

Nov 5 2004 12:00AM Article #: 130 Date: Gold Trades at a 15-Year High

Oct 15 2004 12:00AM Article #: 129 Date: A Report about Reporting

(October 15, 2004) When I buy gold do I get reported to the IRS? Is my gold purchase registered with the government? Isn’t every transaction over $10,000 reported? What does my gold dealer or broker report? Which gold is ‘reportable’ and which is ‘non-reportable?’

Oct 15 2004 12:00AM Article #: 129 Date: A Report about Reporting

Aug 23 2004 12:00AM Article #: 128 Date: On the Fallacy of “Certified MS69” American Eagles

(August 23, 2004) There's always a new angle in the art of separating numismatic investors from their money. The latest scam - "certified bullion coins" - seems to have started with the coin hucksters seen on TV shopping channels, but has spread to numismatic telemarketers that tout this stuff as an investment.

Aug 23 2004 12:00AM Article #: 128 Date: On the Fallacy of “Certified MS69” American Eagles

Jul 12 2004 12:00AM Article #: 127 Date: Back Up and Running!

(July 26, 2004) We have returned from our yearly hiatus, tanned, rested, and ready to go. Gold seems to have slipped $18 or so in our absence, so Alan Greenspan must have said something significant while we were away. We'll try not to let it happen again.

Jun 2 2004 12:00AM Article #: 126 Date: Gold – Obsolete Relic or Prudent Insurance?

(June 3, 2004) Much as we’d like to market the cheery yellow metal just by repeating over and over that it’s fun and satisfying to have your own shiny stacks of gold, we feel that some gravitas is lacking in the Scrooge McDuck approach to hawking gold portfolios. So let’s talk insurance…

Jun 2 2004 12:00AM Article #: 126 Date: Gold – Obsolete Relic or Prudent Insurance?

May 21 2004 12:00AM Article #: 124 Date: Touting the Nags, or, Last Call on the Cheap Horses

(May 21, 2004) Now that the gold price is meandering around at the sub-$400 level, it’s becoming even more attractive to take a position in the world’s favorite precious metal. The question often is, what form of gold should I buy? We have one good answer for you, but time is running out….

May 21 2004 12:00AM Article #: 124 Date: Touting the Nags, or, Last Call on the Cheap Horses

Apr 30 2004 12:00AM Article #: 123 Date: Precious Metals Visit the Wasteland

(April 30, 2004) Looking back to April Fool’s day 2004, we see gold at near the top of its 15-year price range at $427.80, silver at the lofty heights of $8.14, platinum hanging at $919, and palladium over the $330 mark. But what a difference a month makes.

Apr 30 2004 12:00AM Article #: 123 Date: Precious Metals Visit the Wasteland

Apr 20 2004 12:00AM Article #: 122 Date: Gold: Home on the Range

(April 20, 2004) The gold markets last week showed us some excitement – a drop of about $20 in 48 hours’ time. The sudden move was invigorating, and brought out lots of bargain hunters - once they got over the shock. With inflation picking up, gold-buyers are looking for some protection.

Apr 20 2004 12:00AM Article #: 122 Date: Gold: Home on the Range

Mar 27 2004 12:00AM Article #: 121 Date: The Increasingly Precious Metals

(March 27, 2004) Gold, silver, and palladium have been on a tear this month. After gold hit a 15-year high in January of $430, it sank to a low of $390 on March 3rd, and climbed to close at $422.10 on Friday the 26th. Our busiest shipping month ever reflects the fact that this rally is attracting a new wave of US bullion demand.

Mar 27 2004 12:00AM Article #: 121 Date: The Increasingly Precious Metals

Mar 2 2004 12:00AM Article #: 120 Date: Metals on the March

(March 1, 2004) Precious metals roared March in like a lion, with platinum soaring over $900 for the first time in decades, silver trading above a 21st century-high $7, gold back over the $400 mark, and I paid $2.07 for unleaded this morning. A year-long commodities run continues, and we hear from an old voice in the gold market..

Jan 21 2004 12:00AM Article #: 118 Date: A Pause in the Gold Action

(January 21, 2004) While the bull market in gold pauses to take a breather, let’s take a moment to consider whether gold is a commodity, a currency, or a canary caged in a mineshaft, ready to let us know ahead of time when inflation is on its way.

Jan 6 2004 12:00AM Article #: 117 Date: 2004 Sends Gold to a 14-Year High

(January 5, 2004) Gold prices surged dramatically on the first full trading day of the new year, breaking through the $420 level for the first time since February 1990. Gold was the best performing asset class of 2003, and early indications point to another year in which it takes increasing numbers of dollars to buy the same amount of gold….

Dec 22 2003 12:00AM Article #: 116 Date: Greetings of the Season, and Our Year-End Schedule.

(December 21, 2003) May you and yours have a merry and satisfying seasonal break, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa. Of course, frankincense and myrrh are not our specialties, but we hope you've enjoyed gold's stellar performance over the past 12 months. Our year-end hours follow…

Dec 2 2003 12:00AM Article #: 115 Date: The Non-Event of Gold at $400

(December 7, 2003) On Monday, December 1st, gold in New York closed at $402.70 - the first close over $400 in seven years, and just 3% away from a 12-year high. The dollar made new lows against the euro, and recent lows against the yen, the pound, and pretty much anything else of value you can think of.

Nov 27 2003 12:00AM Article #: 114 Date: Numeraire to Saucissons? by John Hathaway

(November 27, 2003) We give thanks today for John Hathaway’s always enlightening thoughts on gold and money. “There was a time when the prevailing opinion of policy makers and individuals alike was that gold and money were synonymous,” he writes, and today “Gold stands alone in the bargain dustbin of luxury goods.”

Nov 7 2003 12:00AM Article #: 113 Date: Wall Street Journal Gets Gold Wrong, Once Again

(November 7th, 2003) In a November 5th article entitled “Putting Pork Bellies in Your Portfolio,” WSJ staffer Peter A. McKay repeats a few misconceptions about gold investing. No deliberate conspiracy here, just a lazy writer doing his job of filling up the space between the ads.

Oct 25 2003 12:00AM Article #: 112 Date: If You’re Reading This, You’re Probably Already Money Ahead

(October 25, 2003) Gold, that irascible and enduring monetary metal, continues to defy both its doubters and gravity. This past Friday’s $388.90 closing price was an $18 gain over the previous Friday’s fix of $370.50, bringing gold prices to within a whisker of a seven-year high.

Oct 13 2003 12:00AM Article #: 111 Date: Gold in the Popular Press: $8,000 or Bust

(October 13, 2003) Today’s Barron’s features an interview with James Turk of the Freemarket Gold and Money Report in which he makes the case for $8,000 gold during the current cycle. Meanwhile, the financial press wakes up to commodities’ potential in the face of a dollar widely anticipated to grow weaker. A brief weekend survey…

Oct 4 2003 12:00AM Article #: 110 Date: Gold Gets Pounded on a Friday Afternoon

(October 3, 2003) The day started on an even keel, with Friday’s 2nd London fix of $384.25 being the 9th consecutive day of prices over $380.00. Trading in New York was steady until about noon, when the bottom seemed to fall out of gold, pushing it down to close at the $369.40 mark. What could this mean for the gold market?

Sep 28 2003 12:00AM Article #: 109 Date: The Commodities Boom: Converting Dollars to Real Stuff

(September 28, 2003) Another strong week in gold prices reinforces a trend that has been gathering steam over the past couple of years: the return of commodities as a respectable investment. After two decades of a booming US market in equities, bonds, and a host of other financial abstractions, there’s a growing worldwide interest in buying something real with our fading dollar.

Sep 9 2003 12:00AM Article #: 108 Date: Speculative Interest Drives Gold To 6-Year High

(September 9, 2003) Gold continues its winning streak, rocketing up about 10% in the last three weeks to close at $381.70 today in New York, which is up 50% over the past 30 months. We believe that macro-trends are in place to carry this metal much higher, but what does the short-term look like? Let’s get one trader’s opinion…

Aug 22 2003 12:00AM Article #: 107 Date: Gold Finds a Comfortable Balance Around $350

(August 22, 2003) The gold market has come a long way, in both stature and price, from its darkest days during the 1990s when equities and financial instruments roamed the earth like Goliaths and gold stayed buried underground, sinking in price, ignored, and forgotten by all except the faithful goldbugs. A look at what has changed…

Jul 22 2003 12:00AM Article #: 106 Date: It's August 4th and We're Back!

(August 4, 2003) Tanned, rested, and ready! And while we were gone, gold corrected in price while silver started to break out. Our prediction: the next fifty-one weeks until our next vacation should be interesting! But on to other subjects…

Jul 4 2003 12:00AM Article #: 105 Date: Burning the Constitution & Other Sixties Nostalgia

(July 4, 2003) The words “inflation” and “paper bubble” were first used to describe rising consumer prices and a shaky dollar back in the '60s. The US was fighting a war that was widely protested, seemingly unwinnable, and escalating in cost. Inflation was rampant, and before the decade was over, US paper money, with no gold backing it, was starting to wobble...

Jun 10 2003 12:00AM Article #: 104 Date: Save the Drama for Your Mama

(June 10, 2003) Just to keep everyone on their toes, gold trading in New York today saw its biggest decline in nearly three months. After rallying from early April lows in the $320-325 area, gold last week started to look ‘toppy’ and overbought in the $360-370 area. When the upward push leaves any market, especially during the summer doldrums, then Mean Mr. Gravity will do his stuff…

May 23 2003 12:00AM Article #: 103 Date: Snow to Dollar: "Drop Dead!"

(May 23, 2003) Gold closes the week at $368.80, jumping nearly $10 on Monday as the dollar plummeted following assertions by the Secretary of the Treasury Paul Snow that, yes, in fact the dollar IS worth the paper it’s printed on. He also mentioned that the new $20 bill with multicolor ink will be more difficult to counterfeit – but if trends continue, who would bother?

May 6 2003 12:00AM Article #: 102 Date: “Adaptive Behavior of Crotalus Admanteus” - and Gold

(May 6, 2003) On the fringes of Arizona cities such as Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tucson, a growing number of people live in close contact with the Sonoran Desert wilderness. Here you can enjoy the beauty of the desert and encounter the many wonders of nature, including a poisonous reptile known as the diamondback rattlesnake.

Apr 9 2003 12:00AM Article #: 101 Date: Who Are the People Who Own Gold?

(4/8/3) Gold’s universal appeal goes back thousands of years, and people have enjoyed gold jewelry since the time of the Pharoahs. And those who actually owned more gold than they wore were called wealthy. Today, the popular perception of gold is more ambivalent, and the stereotype of a gold owner is not always favorable. So here's our of list the types of people who own gold today...

Mar 22 2003 12:00AM Article #: 100 Date: Iraq, Gold Get Pounded

(March 22, 2003) Gold prices for this year so far peaked a month ago, about the same time that US chances to build any sort of coalition for our adventure in Iraq also peaked. In retrospect, it’s easy to say that the run-up in gold ahead of Gulf War II was a natural reaction, but gold slipping $50 as war became more and more certain is bound to frustrate those who bought gold expecting otherwise.

Mar 1 2003 12:00AM Article #: 99 Date: This Move in Gold is Different – And That’s Not Good

(March 1, 2003) Today, in the third year of a bull market in gold, the commonly accepted wisdom is that this is just one of those unstable times in which that old barbarous relic, gold, pops up, this time aided by rumors of war in Iraq. It is expected that gold will eventually slink back into the swamp where it belongs, a boring, growth-less commodity that brings no benefits whatsoever. We disagree:

Feb 7 2003 12:00AM Article #: 98 Date: $360, $370, $380, Up To $390, Then Tumbling to $370.20. Wow!

(February 7, 2003) Gold finally takes a break in its most recent two-month rally, having run up some $73 since the first week in December, to a peak of $390 a few minutes before Colin Powell spoke to the UN on Wednesday, February 5th. Some call it an Iraq War rally, others a short squeeze, or just a flash in the gold pan, but more likely gold’s rally signal a long-term flight from the US dollar.

Jan 25 2003 12:00AM Article #: 97 Date: Gold Breaks Through $360 for the First Time Since 1997

(January 25, 2003) “You have to choose (as a voter) between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.” – Bernard Shaw, 1928

Jan 17 2003 12:00AM Article #: 96 Date: Gold Prices Solid, up $100 in Fewer Than Two Years

January, 17, 2003) Gold closed today at $356.60, within a dollar of its highest price since early 1997. After a 20-year period of dormancy in which gold was ignored by all but its most diehard fans, gold is now almost exactly $100 higher than its April 2001 low of $258.00. This rally started before Saddam Hussein became the focus of US attention, and will continue long after he has passed from the scene.

Jan 11 2003 12:00AM Article #: 95 Date: Gold Has Another Good Week - $354.50!

(January 10, 2003) Gold finished this week at its highest close since April of 1997, as spot prices fluctuated in the $347-356 area. Although gold's most recent rally from $317 (a price last seen on December 2, 2002) continues, the momentum has slowed somewhat and a correction is starting to seem overdue. But in a market this strong, who has the patience to wait?

Dec 27 2002 12:00AM Article #: 94 Date: Gold Starts the Year 2003 24% Higher Than 12 Months Ago

(January 2, 2003) Gold prices finished year 2002 at $342.75 in shortened trading on Tuesday, up from prices of $276.50 that prevailed at the end of 2001. Gold has come a long way since then, both in price and in its increasing visibility to investors. Now we’re taking orders for the new 2003 gold Eagles, Maples, Pandas, and we expect to be busier than ever this year.

Dec 21 2002 12:00AM Article #: 93 Date: Wow, What a Week for Gold!

(December 21, 2001) The winter solstice finds gold making a 5-year high this week, punching through $330, $340, even $350, in a panic buying surge that peaked at $355 in the early morning hours on Thursday, finally settling at $340.50 on Friday’s New York close. War prospects are a factor, but this gold rally has much deeper roots…

Dec 10 2002 12:00AM Article #: 92 Date: Gold at Its Tipping Point?

(December 13, 2002) Gold closed Friday at $333.20, up another 2% in a week's time. Bush names a new Treasury Secretary, Scuds are intercepted, the dollar swan-dives, stocks are lower, stores are empty, North Korea steps up its nuclear program, Kissinger steps down, Cardinal Law steps down, and Trent Lott steps into it big-time. We explore gold's ‘tipping point' with some large numbers.

Nov 18 2002 12:00AM Article #: 91 Date: Are We Running Out of Gold?

(November 18, 2002) Exactly how deep is the gold market? Should anyone be concerned with the disparity between the huge volume of gold traded in the “paper” market versus the short supply of actual gold available? Are shrewd buyers absorbing all the gold bullion available, knowing how hard it is to obtain physical gold in any significant quantity? Goldcorp tries to buy some gold…

Oct 26 2002 12:00AM Article #: 90 Date: Is This the Time to Buy Gold?

(October 26, 2002) We are often asked to share the ‘inside scoop’ about the future price directions for gold. We’ve even caught flak for publishing a newsletter that doesn’t predict future gold prices. In fact, we think gold is woefully undervalued today, but the gold market is a lot smarter than we are. Here are a few (unedited) ramblings about the nature of markets, and our obvious advice to…just do it.

Oct 1 2002 12:00AM Article #: 89 Date: Making the Sunny Case for Gold.

(October 1, 2002) A whole new generation of gold buyers is attracted to the fresh, bright promise of gold, despite gold’s 20th Century association with the gloomy and pessimistic crowd known as gold-bugs. Today, the world's most beautiful and brilliant metal is rapidly overcoming a negative public image in the U.S. that had been 70 years in the making.

Sep 14 2002 12:00AM Article #: 88 Date: Should We Be Allowed to Have Cash?

(September 14, 2002) Reading the popular business press this month, we witness an attack on the idea of the U.S. cash dollar. Forbes and Business Week both ran articles that demonize the simple idea of cash currency in your wallet. They describe a brave new world wherein VISA handles all of our transactions through their computers, takes their cut, and cash is further marginalized in our society. Can we ask why?

Aug 24 2002 12:00AM Article #: 87 Date: CONFISCATE THIS!

(August 24, 2002) Conspiracy buffs, paranoics, nervous nellies, political fringe-dwellers, and commission salesmen hawking numismatic coins tell us that some day Federal agents, probably armed, jackbooted, and flying black helicopters, are going to come to your house and confiscate all your gold bullion and coins, unless, of course, those coins were made before FDR was President. Can they be right?

Aug 6 2002 12:00AM Article #: 86 Date: A Few Positive Words about Gold from Royal Bank of Canada

(August 6, 2002) In March of this year, Royal Bank of Canada Investment Management Ltd. issued a bullish report on gold. Or perhaps it didn't. Or maybe it did, but only for the firm's biggest and best clients. Or possibly it was an internal report for top managers. Or a document dashed off by a rogue analyst. At any rate, they disavow it entirely. We bring it to you here:

Jul 4 2002 12:00AM Article #: 84 Date: Onlygold.com is Back From the 4th - Tan, Fit and Rested!

(July 8, 2002) Our staff is now back in the saddle and ready for a busy second half of 2002. The general investing populace is slowly coming to realize that the 18-year bull run in stocks (the Reagan-Clinton Bull Years, 1982-2000, R.I.P) is over, done, finished, and buried. Gold draws a larger crowd each day - it offers safety, solace, security, and, yes, a bull market still in its infancy...

Jun 22 2002 12:00AM Article #: 83 Date: Is Gold Simply a Retreat to Safety, or Potentially Much More Than That?

(June 22, 2002) Gold now seems solidly locked in bull market territory, and doesn’t show much sign of tiring. After gold prices were held virtually comatose for nearly five years, prices are now up by 25% in a little over a year’s time. With equities and the dollar under pressure, gold’s “safe haven” appeal seems stronger than it has since the 1970s. How safe is gold, and where is it going?

Jun 6 2002 12:00AM Article #: 82 Date: WSJ to Gold: Drop Dead!

(June 6, 2002) This morning’s Wall Street Journal trumpeted “Was That the End of the Gold-Price Rally?” after yesterday’s 2% correction in gold’s price. “Gold Investors Start to Worry” was the sub-headline. The opening sentence reads: “Gold bars don’t tarnish, but some investors worry that the recent gold rally might soon.” One question for the WSJ: Where did they find all these supposedly worried gold investors?

May 23 2002 12:00AM Article #: 81 Date: Gold Blows Through the $320 Barrier Like It Wasn't Even There

(May 23, 2002) Gold in New York today gained almost $5, closing at a 2-year high of $322.50. Gold prices have enjoyed a nearly uninterrupted upward run of eight weeks since the $300 level was first breeched. In the U.S., demand for physical bullion is increasing as gold's "perfect storm" continues to gather momentum, attention, and respect.

May 10 2002 12:00AM Article #: 80 Date: Gold Hits a Two-Year High and Starts to Make Some Friends

(May 10, 2002) Gold prices continue to hold higher ground, closing today at $311, capping gold’s sixth week of trading above the $300 level. New price levels and the fact that gold stocks having out-performed all other equities sectors since the start of the year has made the financial press take notice. Gold hasn’t made the cover of Time magazine yet, but the attitude towards it is definitely improving.

Apr 24 2002 12:00AM Article #: 79 Date: The End of Cash As We Know It? Or, Money Doesn’t Talk, It Swears.

(April 24, 2002) Microchip technology is advancing so quickly that it may soon be practicable to actually insert a tiny identifying chip with an antenna into the paper on which currency is printed. This would make “cash” totally scannable, trackable, and identifiable, rather than the anonymous medium of exchange that it is now. Is 'smart' money a stupid idea whose time has come?

Apr 2 2002 12:00AM Article #: 78 Date: Gold Closes March at $302.60, Up 18% in a Year

(April 2, 2002) Gold’s “perfect storm” continues, newly fueled by Japanese buying and the elevated state of war in the Middle East. Gold stocks roared as gold overcame a mini-correction and broke through the $300 barrier to the upside for the second time this year. Meanwhile last week, GATA’s lawsuit was dismissed in court, but what an interesting tale it’s uncovered…

Mar 15 2002 12:00AM Article #: 77 Date: OK, I Bought Some Gold - Now Where Do I Put It?

(March 15, 2002) A lot of people are drawn to the idea of converting some of their representational wealth into physical, tangible money - that is, gold. Gold is compact, portable, and pretty, and having gold in your hand is a powerful thing. Most people store gold in a bank safe deposit box, but what are the other choices?

Feb 26 2002 12:00AM Article #: 76 Date: The World’s Most Expensive Gold Coin

(February 26, 2002) Since WWII, it has been illegal to own a 1933 double eagle. But on July 30th, 2002 an example once owned by the King of Egypt will be sold to the highest bidder in a single-item public auction widely expected to fetch $3 million to $8 million. The Treasury Dept. struck 445,500 double eagles in 1933, and has been busy confiscating them since 1944. But this one, they promise, comes with a clear title.

Feb 9 2002 12:00AM Article #: 75 Date: Gold prices blew through $300 Gold’s Perfect Storm on the Horizon

(February 9, 2002) Gold prices blew through $300 on February 8th, capping a two-week, 10% upmove. Gold's gains in price this time stem from a wide variety of different factors which, taken together, seem to signal a long-term secular change in the gold market, unlike the spike-and-pullback we saw September 11th. Are we looking at the beginning of gold’s “Perfect Storm?”

Jan 26 2002 12:00AM Article #: 74 Date: What's Going to Follow the Enron Mess?

(January 26, 2002) This morning’s headlines of the suicide of an ex-Enron vice chairman add to the unceasing twists and turns of Enron’s unraveling. Meanwhile, ten Congressional committees hold hearings on the Enron situation, the Fifth Amendment is being invoked, and some people smell a political scandal. In fact, it's potentially much worse than that.

Jan 16 2002 12:00AM Article #: 72 Date: The British Diet: Hold a Gold Auction & Lose a Few Pounds

(January 16, 2002) This morning’s next-to-last auction of 20 tons of gold by the Bank of England yielded a meager $283.50 per troy ounce. After gold traded overnight in Asia near $290, and fixed in the morning at $287.95, the Brits took home $4.45 below the current spot price. A clinic on how not to flog your redundant material….

Jan 5 2002 12:00AM Article #: 71 Date: The 20 Year Life of the Golden Panda

(January 5, 2002) This week we unwrapped the first shipment of 2002-dated gold Pandas, and saw the familiar design of 2001 staring back up at us. So the ugly rumor is true, the annual Panda design change is no more, and an era that began in 1982 comes to an end. Of course, we’ll never hear from the secretive People’s Bank of China bureaucracy why they decided to halt the yearly fun that made the Panda so popular in the first place.

Dec 28 2001 12:00AM Article #: 70 Date: 2002 To Be a Golden Year.

(January 2, 2002) Gold finishes the year 2001 at $279 spot price, and Onlygold.com begins its fifth year as the most user-friendly gold distribution channel in the United States. We appreciate and thank all of you that have bought and sold gold with us – we're looking forward to big things in 2002.

Dec 15 2001 12:00AM Article #: 69 Date: Confessions of a Monetary Primitivist

(December 15, 2001) The precious metals were once money itself, yet today many think of gold and silver as mere commodities. In their place, the unbacked “dollar” is considered a foundation sufficiently stable to support the world's economy, never mind that it is created out of thin air by the Fed, as free-floating and ephemeral as a ghost. A former twelve-year-old non-believer, now pushing 50, still doesn’t buy it.

Dec 1 2001 12:00AM Article #: 68 Date: Internet Sales Tax Moratorium Prevails, At Least For Now

Dec 1, 2001) President Bush on Wednesday signed into law a 2-year moratorium blocking any new taxes on e-commerce, but revenue-hungry states are working hard to come up with a scheme to impose a simplified national sales tax on interstate commerce. For the immediate future, we’re off the hook, but Internet taxation is a bad idea on principle, and would cost you dearly if ever passed.

Nov 20 2001 12:00AM Article #: 67 Date: Gold is STILL a Safe haven

(November 20, 2001) Knee-jerk analysis of gold declares the metal dead to the world. Tim Wood of The Miningweb.com begs to differ, and we present his graphic evidence. Here is all the proof you need that gold's safe-haven status is not only intact, but firmly entrenched.

Nov 10 2001 12:00AM Article #: 66 Date: SELLING GOLD ON THE INTERNET

(November 10, 2001) This week we celebrate the first full year of Onlygold.com’s presence on the Internet’s search engines. Here we explain how we first came to believe that people would send substantial sums of real money to some address on an Internet site. It didn't hurt that our debut coincided with a shaky stock market, sinking interest rates, and some of the cheapest inflation-adjusted gold prices that have been seen in decades.

Oct 27 2001 12:00AM Article #: 65 Date: Gold Producers to Push Baubles While the World Burns

(October 27, 2001) The Denver Mining Investment Forum, a high-level annual confab of gold mining companies, analysts, investors, and camp followers, was held with the usual fanfare within the rather insular gold community. The forum convened in early October, when gold prices spiked after the terror attacks, but the big news was an industry initiative to sell jewelry. What is gold for, anyway? Accountants and poets disagree.

Oct 13 2001 12:00AM Article #: 64 Date: What's The Right Amount of Gold for You?

(October 13, 2001) Gold provides stability and cuts risk in an investment portfolio. Gold is useful as an inflation hedge and store of value. Gold insures against various disasters. Gold is the world's simplest estate-planning tool. Yet gold’s role over the past two decades has faded during an unprecedented economic boom. How much gold should you own in today's world?

Sep 29 2001 12:00AM Article #: 63 Date: The World Comes to Gold

(September 29, 2001) Gold, the ultimate hedge against uncertainty, is gaining new respect today as a natural asset choice for the times we live in. For thousands of years, the commodity gold was money itself. Yet late in the 20th century, it was decided that "this time it's different," and gold was no longer needed. Today, with the world turned upside down, stocks swooning, and interest rates tumbling to 30-year lows, gold very much looks like a prudent bet.

Sep 22 2001 12:00AM Article #: 62 Date: What Can You Say About A Week Like This One?

(September 22, 2001) As bombers and warships head to the Middle East, President Bush talked war before Congress, America, and the world. This week, U. S. stocks lost 13% of their value as markets suffered through five of the heaviest trading days in history. And the question is no longer ‘are we in a recession?’ but rather ‘how long will this recession last?’ A sigh of relief as this week finally ends…

Sep 12 2001 12:00AM Article #: 61 Date: Comex Gold Trading Resumes in New York

(September 18, 2001) Some semblance of normality returned to the U.S. commodities markets as trading resumed in shortened sessions this week on the Comex exchange. Gold prices remain firm, and demand for physical gold strong, at slightly higher prices than before the mass murder in New York. Many things we can now assume have changed forever, the gold market included.

Sep 1 2001 12:00AM Article #: 60 Date: So Whose Gold is it at Fort Knox?

(September 1, 2001) The U.S. gold manipulation issue now has the look of a full-blown scandal. When the debate was simply how much did the Fed and Treasury influence gold prices over the past few years, the answer was always: "plenty – and so what?" Today, the real question is: Who owns the U.S. gold reserves? John Hathaway of Tocqueville Asset Management brings us his essay, "Gold As Theatre."

Aug 25 2001 12:00AM Article #: 59 Date: The Gold-gate Case - Curiouser and Curiouser

(August 25, 2001) More evidence emerges about federal manipulation in the gold markets over the past few years. The Treasury publishes a denial on their website that the ESF deals in gold, but fails to mention their dwindling stock of SDRs, each representing 1/35th of an ounce of Treasury gold. Although for 30 years it’s been the avowed policy goal of the U.S. to render gold obsolete, the durable yellow stuff refuses to go away…

Aug 9 2001 12:00AM Article #: 57 Date: The Greatest Financial and Political Scandal in U.S. History What’s Up With Our National Gold Reserve?

(August 8, 2001) U.S. citizens have always enjoyed the security of knowing that thousands of tons of gold, stored in Fort Knox and elsewhere, are ready and available to defend the dollar or our nation. Gold reserves have for centuries provided the internationally accepted currency when all else fails. But what if we found reason to doubt that U.S. gold reserves are safe and sound? We start a long story here…

Jul 18 2001 12:00AM Article #: 56 Date: Okay, we admit that we don't answer ALL the emails we receive - here's why:

Strictly for the entertainment value, we wanted to share with you some of the more imaginative proposals that we have received in the course of publishing a gold bullion site on the World Wide Web. Once you read them, you'll understand why we never got around to answering these particular e-mails.

Jul 11 2001 12:00AM Article #: 55 Date: Bank of England Sells 20 Tonnes of Gold at $267.25

(July 11, 2001) Today’s bi-monthly gold auction found bids for 4.1 times the 20 tonnes being offered, and at a price higher than the London AM gold fix. These controversial sales soon will have cut British gold reserves in half, and have done much to keep gold prices low. As this 2-year fire sale winds down, we wonder: Does a gold bear eat in the woods?

Jun 29 2001 12:00AM Article #: 54 Date: Barrick Bid to Buy Homestake Threat or Menace?

(June 29, 2001) The big news in gold this week was Barrick Gold Corp’s (NYSE symbol ABX) bid to acquire via stock swap the assets of Homestake (HM), the 125 year old U.S. gold mining firm. If the deal goes through, the Canadian firm Barrick will be second in size only to South African producer AngloGold. The reactions to this merger show us that gold is a funny business…

Jun 21 2001 12:00AM Article #: 53 Date: Exploring the World of Virtual Gold

(June 21, 2001) The latest incarnations of the world's oldest money are virtual payment systems denominated, not in dollars, yen, euros, etc., but in gold by weight. Quite a few websites now compete, allowing you to buy (and sell) stuff over the Internet, with payment in the form of electronic dollops of gold. Chewing through Bananas, Coconuts, and Estonian Popsicles, we find the germ of a real idea here.

Jun 5 2001 12:00AM Article #: 52 Date: Eye of the Blackbird A Story of Gold in the American West

Holly Skinner, survival instructor, wrangler, forest fire fighter, rough rider, and gold prospector, writes about gold and the lives of the prospectors whose lust for gold opened Anglo settlement of California and the Rockies. Skinner combines history, geology, biography, and personal experience to come up with a unique book - a poem to gold and those who seek it.

May 25 2001 12:00AM Article #: 51 Date: GOLD PRICES ON A ROLL

(May 25, 2001) Spot prices ran as high as $294 Monday May 21st, after Friday’s $14 rally. The rest of this week was spent in retrenchment, but overall the price action is convincingly positive. With demand for gold up again in first quarter 2001, and rising energy prices pushing up mining costs, how much longer can gold prices remain immune to inflation?

May 15 2001 12:00AM Article #: 50 Date: 20 Tons of Gold Sold at $268

(May 15, 2001) Today’s Bank of England gold auction was 3.7 times oversubscribed, and priced within a few cents of the active trading markets. Gold has now closed at higher prices for six weeks running, as increasing numbers of investors are starting to see the wisdom of owning this traditional value holding. Our noted friend Leonard Kaplan checks in with his (mildly) bullish gold outlook.

Apr 24 2001 12:00AM Article #: 49 Date: Why Numismatic Investments are Always Horrible Mistakes, Part 2

(April 24, 2001) Remember coin collecting? We look at the 20-year and 10-year track records for U.S. rare coins, remind ourselves of the miracle of compound interest, and learn how your $410,000 investment in rare coins could prevent you from becoming a millionaire twenty years later.

Apr 13 2001 12:00AM Article #: 48 Date: Where Does Gold Come From? Neutron Stars, Treasures of the Andes, and Big Bug Creek

(April 13, 2001) Only recently have scientists gotten a handle on the actual cosmological origin of gold. And since its formation billions of years ago, gold has been gathered and extracted by humans for thousands of years. Gold is the original recyclable, and your jewelry may have quite a history...

Apr 6 2001 12:00AM Article #: 47 Date: Why Numismatic Investments Are Always Horrible Mistakes, Part 1

(April 5, 2001) People seeking the safety of gold are often waylaid by promoters who tout investing in rare coins as a 'prudent' alternative to gold bullion. This week we explore why numismatic coins are a favorite of commissioned salespeople, and some of the awful truths that they won’t tell you about the rare coin market. - Promoting a $20,000 coin as 'disaster insurance.'

Apr 1 2001 12:00AM Article #: 46 Date: GOLD IS DEAD! THIS SPACE FOR RENT

(April 1, 2001) The element gold, once-revered for its beauty and monetary function, has lately lost its lustre, its value, and its self-respect. If the current trend of falling prices continues, gold should trade for $0.00 by October, 2002. Gold is, after all, only gold. We sadly report its demise.

Mar 15 2001 12:00AM Article #: 45 Date: SUPREME COURT NIXES "FINDERS KEEPERS"

(March 15, 2001) The Supreme Court threw 300 year old maritime law to the wind when it upheld a lower court ruling that essentially scuttles the concept of "Finders Keepers" in the recovery of abandoned sunken ships. This and an upcoming UNESCO treaty threaten to end treasure hunting as we know it. Will Cuba become the last stronghold of free-market salvage?

Mar 10 2001 12:00AM Article #: 44 Date: "Big Fun Lies Ahead" - Gold Market Comes to Life

(March 10, 2001) Things were hopping in gold this week as gold lease rates went from 1% to over 6%, and gold spot prices turned up sharply. Backwardation came to the gold market, short-traders began to feel a squeeze, and all the gloom of last month blew away like a morning fog.

Feb 28 2001 12:00AM Article #: 43 Date: Gold Falls To $255, Bounces Back Sharply

(February 28, 2001) Gold has bounced back sharply in price since February 14th, when gold prices went below the $260 level for the first time in 16 months. Gold found out that "nobody loves you when you're down and out," as the old song goes - the financial press had a field day kicking gold when it was down. The question is: Is this latest move the long-awaited 'double bottom' on the gold price charts that finally signals that the worst is over?

Feb 6 2001 12:00AM Article #: 42 Date: February Gold Notes from All Over: Covering Keynes, California, and Clawar

(Feb 6, 2001) While gold markets flounder, fidget, and fizzle, we find: Keynes' true definition of a 'barbarous relic;' a document from the upcoming war of gold miners vs.environmentalists; and a reason to sell London and buy New York.

Jan 23 2001 12:00AM Article #: 41 Date: Baby Boomers Rest Uneasy - What's Retirement Like When Their Favorite Stocks Are Blown to Bits?

(Jan. 23, 2001) The year 2000 saw trillions of dollars of market value disappear in stocks such as Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Amazon, Dell, Home Depot, Qualcomm, IBM, AT&T, etc., and in most tech and growth mutual funds. Not to mention the dot-com stocks that simply fell off the edge of the earth. It seems that everyone's favorite 'great story' stocks have been cut to ribbons. Now what?

Jan 11 2001 12:00AM Article #: 40 Date: Gold Opens 2001 at Lowest Price in Twenty Years

(Jan 11, 2001) Gold began this Millennium at $271.10, the lowest opening price seen since 1979, a year in which it went from $226.80 January 2nd to $512 by December’s end. With equities markets uncertain, and the “R” word in the air, what’s the lowdown on gold?

Dec 29 2000 12:00AM Article #: 39 Date: We Wish a Happy Year 2001 To Each And Every One of You!

(12/29/00) Our stock was up this year - our stock of friends, readers, e-mailers, and customers, that is. Year 2000 was a wonder in many ways: the stock market, the election, and the economy itself - this year was truly "the curse of interesting times."

Dec 21 2000 12:00AM Article #: 38 Date: Alan Greenspan, et.al., Not Feeling Particularly Threatened By GATA Lawsuit

(12/21/00) Last week we reported the GATA/Reg Howe lawsuit aimed at a host of economic players of the Western World. Mr. Howe is suing because the price of gold is too low, and has named conspirators. Although this lawsuit has been the talk of the gold-bug chat-rooms, that's probably the last we’ll ever hear of it.

Dec 11 2000 12:00AM Article #: 37 Date: Lawsuit is Filed Against the "Gold Cabal" on Pearl Harbor Day, 2000

(12/11/00) GATA's Reg Howe, resident of Belmont, Massachusetts, and author of the Golden Sextant website, is the complainant in a lawsuit December 7, 2000, naming Alan Greenspan, Chase Manhattan, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, and a host of others alleged to be in conspiracy to keep gold prices down. There's no arguing that gold prices are suspiciously low, and whatever the complaint's legal merits may be, it certainly names some big names and tells quite a story....

Dec 1 2000 12:00AM Article #: 36 Date: Gold Prices Virtually Flatline in November, But U.S. Sales of the Popular Gold Eagle Take Off

(12/1/00) Despite all that's going on in the world, gold prices stayed in a trading range of complete boredom. November’s daily prices show a high of $269.95 and a low of $264.10. But U.S. gold Eagles are flying off the shelf. If gold is becoming obsolete, why are so many buying it?

Nov 10 2000 12:00AM Article #: 35 Date: U.S. Attempts to Elect New President – Across the Pond, Britain Sells 25 Tons of Gold

November 7, 2000 – The Bank of England holds its 9th gold auction since July 1999, and 806,300 ounces are sold at $264.30. The first of these sales in 1999 shocked the gold market, but now they’re taken in stride. This sale saw a lot of poor trampled euros converted into gold.

Nov 3 2000 12:00AM Article #: 34 Date: Man who traded Sammy Sosa to the Cubs soon to be elected President of the United States

(11/3/00) Gold markets are snoozing through a tight presidential race between front-runners Bush and Gore – gold traders just don’t seem to care. The race will hinge on this: are more voters disgusted, or complacent? No wonder our elections are the first Tuesday after Halloween.

Oct 17 2000 12:00AM Article #: 33 Date: Oh no, a book report! The Power Of Gold by Peter L. Bernstein

(10/17/00) Subtitled The History of an Obsession, this book covers our species' fascination with gold, from Biblical times right up to the present. Greed, warfare, domination, cruelty, and national pride are the major themes. It's a horror story all right, well told, and you'll never think about gold in the same way again.

Oct 2 2000 12:00AM Article #: 32 Date: "THE U.S. DOLLAR: OVER OWNED AND OVER VALUED," BUT IS A BEAR MARKET IN THE DOLLAR JUST AROUND THE CORNER?

(October 2, 2000) John Hathaway of Tocqueville Asset Management manages institutional client portfolios, and in July of 1998, John was named portfolio manager of the Tocqueville Gold Fund, the first new gold fund startup in the last four years. John feels that gold, like Rodney Dangerfield, "gets no respect." With his kind permission we bring you his gold vs. the dollar 'brainstorm.'

Sep 19 2000 12:00AM Article #: 31 Date: GOLD FETCHES "DIDDLY-SQUAT" AT BRITISH AUCTION - $270.60 U.S. PER TROY OUNCE, TO BE EXACT

(September 19, 2000) Beginning in the Summer of 1999, Britain has every two months auctioned off 25 tonnes (804,400 troy ounces) of its long-held gold reserve to the highest bidders. Its stated goal is to gradually replace 415 tonnes of gold with more fashionable monetary reserves, such as euros, yen, and dollars. Call it the Estate Sale of the British Empire.

Sep 11 2000 12:00AM Article #: 30 Date: GOLD IS CHEAP, BORING, AND SOMETHING YOU SHOULD OWN

(September 11, 2000) In a complicated universe of financial choices, simplicity stands out. Surprisingly, gold has lately become as simple and predictable as bonds were during the Eisenhower administration. Once thought of as volatility incarnate, gold prices have virtually flat-lined over the past few years. Does that make the most coveted element in the world a failed investment, or something else entirely?

Aug 17 2000 12:00AM Article #: 29 Date: U. S. GOLD BULLION SALES FALL FROM 1999 RECORD PACE

(August 30,2000) Last year, U.S. gold demand soared, spurred by a 20-year low price and Y2K fears. The world did not end January 1st, but gold sales did. Now, spot prices are sinking again, and gold bullion Eagles dated 2000 are going begging. An opportunity here?

Sep 27 1999 12:00AM Article #: 21 Date: GOLD RALLIES ON 5-YEAR PLEDGE BY CENTRAL BANKS TO END GOLD DUMPING

(September 27,1999) 15 European central banks issue a joint statement limiting their gold sales and leasing over the next 5 years. Gold prices leap by 21.5% in five trading days, and hit $328 during the day Tuesday. Waving goodbye to a 20-year bear market

Dec 9 1999 12:00AM Article #: 20 Date: COURT INJUNCTION HALTS SOTHEBY'S AUCTION OF GOLD RUSH TREASURE

(December 9,1999) Potential bidders in New York were shocked on the afternoon of December 7th when the injunction against the auction was announced. Gold treasures in the sale had toured the country, catalogs had been distributed, bidders were gathered

Mar 24 1999 12:00AM Article #: 18 Date: NEVER MIND Y2K, LET'S THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT Y1999

(March 24,1999) The upcoming event of January 1, 2000 reminds us of the Superbowl: the hype constantly tells us it's coming up, but once you get past all the commercials, are we really sure the Millennium will be all that exciting?

Apr 2 1999 12:00AM Article #: 17 Date: 1999 U.S. GOLD SALES START AT RECORD PACE

(April 2,1999) Low gold prices, financial asset inflation, Y2K fears, spark demand for physical gold holdings in U.S. The Mint announces record sales for the 1st quarter, number of coins sold each month in 1999 exceeds 1994 totals for the whole year.

Sep 8 1857 12:00AM Article #: 16 Date: THE BAFFLING STORY OF 21 TONS OF LOST GOLD TREASURE

(September 8,1857) The amazing tale of the S. S. Central America, laden with California gold, Sunk in a hurricane, found and successfully salvaged, while today investors and numismatic scholars have only a coffee-table book to show for it.

Apr 20 1999 12:00AM Article #: 15 Date: SWISS VOTE TO END GOLD BACKING OF SWISS FRANC

(April 20,1999) Long-awaited vote may lead to gold sales in 2000. IMF may sell 1.2 million ounces to shore up debtor nations. Gold prices remain firm as 'value' demand rises in U.S. stock markets.

May 1 1999 12:00AM Article #: 14 Date: IS GOLD FINALLY GETTING UP OFF ITS BOTTOM?

(May 1,1999) This week's best performing mutual fund was, of all things, a gold fund, Rydex: Precious Metals, up 8.2% for the week. Gold has been neglected by the public since the Disco era, but can it become the next value sector in 1999?

May 7 1999 12:00AM Article #: 13 Date: GOLD PRICE GETS CLOBBERED ON NEWS OF U.K. GOLD SALES TO COME

(May 7,1999) Britain announces plans to sell 125 tonnes of gold in the next year, sending gold down over $7 just as the shorts were starting to weaken and new buyers were entering the market. Goldbugs see forces conspiring against them -- and they're right!

May 19 1999 12:00AM Article #: 12 Date: GOLD ANTI-TRUST ACTION COMMITTEE TAKES ON THE GOLD MARKET

(May 19,1999) Gold prices fall to a 20-year low, so let's sue somebody! GATA spots a conspiracy, raises war-chest, and hires lawyers. Could a jury side with gold-holders who feel victimized by today's low gold prices, or is GATA tilting at windmills?

May 28 1999 12:00AM Article #: 11 Date: REMEMBER 1979? THAT'S WHERE GOLD PRICES ARE NOW!

(May 28,1999) Gold touches $267.80 during the day on Wednesday, closes at $269.50 for the day. A twenty-year low price for gold raises the question: What else can you buy today for 1979 prices? Checking the Volkswagen Price Index.

Nov 4 1996 12:00AM Article #: 10 Date: HERE'S JUST ANOTHER STORY OF FOUND GOLD AND LOST GLORY, AND A SECRET NO ONE COULD KEEP

(November 4,1996)Two men are grading a driveway for "Rolling Stone" publisher Jann Wenner in Sun Valley, Idaho, and find a long-buried Mason jar full of old U.S. gold coins. It's their little secret and finders keepers, right? Wrong. Buried treasure is never that simple.

Jun 15 1999 12:00AM Article #: 9 Date: NEW YORK TIMES TO GOLD: 'DROP DEAD!' ISN'T GOLD 'AS GOOD AS GOLD' ANYMORE?

(June 15,1999) The NY Times this morning headlines "An Icon's Faded Glory; Now the Gold Rush is to the Exits" Reading the popular news sources today, you may wonder why this bright shiny metal is now considered financial toxic waste.

Jun 29 1999 12:00AM Article #: 8 Date: IMF GOLD SALES FIGHT HEATS UP, JESSE HELMS SIDES WITH POOR AFRICANS

(June 29,1999) Who's trying to sell gold now? The IMF wants to sell 300 tonnes of gold to bail out banks that lent money to the Third World. That's good for the banks, but it would only mean more poverty for these poorest countries.

Jul 6 1999 12:00AM Article #: 7 Date: FIRST BANK OF ENGLAND AUCTION SEES 25 TONNES OF GOLD SOLD AT $261.20 PER OUNCE

(July 6,1999) The long-awaited auction has finally come and gone, and not a moment too soon. No other event in the gold market in the last 25 years has been as anticipated as this gold sale. This series of announced British gold auctions will transform the once-mighty reserve of gold which was the Treasury of the British Empire, into the more modern concept of wealth, i.e., a balanced mixture of the world's fiat currencies.

Aug 10 1999 12:00AM Article #: 6 Date: GOLD TREASURES FROM 1857 SHIPWRECK FINALLY DISPLAYED, TO BE SOLD BY SOTHEBY'S DECEMBER 1999.

(August 10,1999) Gold coins, bars, and nuggets from the S S Central America make their first public appearance this week, and will be auctioned Dec. 8-9th. Could this be the end of the most controversial treasure story ever? No, and not by a long shot.

Aug 19 1999 12:00AM Article #: 5 Date: OUR SIMPLE IDEA: SHOULDN'T A PERSON WHO HAS VIRTUAL WEALTH, ALSO OWN A BOX OF SHINY GOLD COINS?

(August 19,1999) For thousands of years, money has been gold. Yet today, vast sums of money are credited electronically to large numbers of people whose only gold is a few grams of decorative jewelry. So what is money, anyway?

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