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What the Russian Gold Bill Means

By Blanchard and Company, Inc …… In early March, a bill was introduced to the United States Senate in an attempt to restrict Russia from selling its gold. The legislation was a collaborative effort from a bipartisan group of senators. The bill has far-reaching implications because Russia is facing the toughest sanctions ever imposed in […]

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CoinWeek News Wire for June 16, 2017

By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for June 16, 2017 Brain Food 1.) What’s the Difference Between the Edge and the Rim of a Coin? The edge runs around the entire circumference of the coin, and is the portion that has the reeding on it if it’s a dime or quarter dollar. The rim is […]

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U.S. Mint Releases Fort Knox Audit

By Everett Millman – Gainesville Coins ……. One of the most sensitive secrets protected by the Washington establishment is the massive cache of gold reserves held at the federal depository in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Locked Up Tighter Than Fort Knox According to official statistics, the United States holds far and away the largest gold reserves […]

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Precious Metals & the World Economy – Russian Gold Reserves Grow

By Everett Millman – Gainesville Coins ……. This year, no central bank or central government has bought gold at a more vigorous pace than the Russian Central Bank. It has significantly added to its gold reserves in 2016, and this trend has continued. September saw Russia grow its gold reserves by 500,000 troy ounces (15.55 […]

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Precious Metals & the World Economy – Russian Gold Reserves Grow

By Everett Millman – Gainesville Coins …….   This year, no central bank or central government has bought gold at a more vigorous pace than the Russian Central Bank. It has significantly added to its gold reserves in 2016, and this trend has continued. September saw Russia grow its gold reserves by 500,000 troy ounces […]

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The Coin Analyst – Should the U.S. Return to the Gold Standard?

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… August 15 marks the 45th anniversary of the end of the gold standard. In 1971 President Richard M. Nixon ended the convertibility of the dollar with gold, which paved the way for the system of floating, fiat currencies that exists today. Ever since then the U.S. dollar has continued […]

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Recent Gold News : Dutch bring 120 Tonnes of Gold back from US

Dutch bring 120 tonnes of gold back to Amsterdam from New York DutchNews.NL The Dutch central bank has secretly brought a large part of the national gold reserves being held in a secure depot in New York back to Amsterdam. In total, 120 tonnes of gold valued at €4bn has been brought back to the […]

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