Gold nuggets, featuring the 250.77 troy ounce “Twilight” nugget, leaf gold and gold embedded in quartz are featured lots in Bonhams’ May 23 sale in Los Angeles.

For the first time in 14 years, silver mine production dropped globally, according to World Silver Survey 2017, released May 11 by The Silver Institute.

To maximize climbing demand for precious metals in London, the London Metal Exchange (LME) will inaugurate gold and silver spot and futures trading July 10.

Testing of mineralized material by Dalradian Resources Inc. from its Curraghinalt gold project in Northern Ireland reflects significant concentrations of gold.

The American Eagle silver bullion coin is the most collected U.S. silver dollar, moreso than Morgan dollars, according to numismatist Michael "Miles" Standish.

Sales by the United States Mint in 2017 of bullion coins are down from previous years as the distributors continue to draw from their stockpiled inventories.

A planned 13-year series of annual silver convention medals will depict state seals of CSNS member states.

A small detail from the U.S. Mint on an ID label from a major grading service results in a dynamic secondary market for some 2015 American Eagle silver $1s.

Gold nuggets are found in many sizes, and several examples are offered in an April 30 Nature and Science sale from Heritage Auctions.

Collectors of western mining history may be interested in the more than two dozen lots in Holabird's Western Americana Collections LLC's April 28 to 30 auction.

More than 60 pounds in gold bars believed looted by Iraqi soldiers during the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 were discovered inside a tank bought on eBay.

The 2017 Frederick Douglass National Historic Site 5-ounce silver bullion quarter dollar was offered by the U.S. Mint to its authorized purchasers April 3.

NGC and PCGS certifications are identifying some 2014 to 2017 American Eagle silver bullion coins by the Mint where they were struck.

The Perth Mint’s new Swan 1-ounce silver bullion coin went on sale April 2, and all 25,000 coins sold out within less than 48 hours.

Both gold and silver bullion sales slipped considerably in the month of February. Was that also the case in March?

Gold and silver prices have been on the rise since a low point was hit toward the middle of March. What is behind the sudden rebound?

Also this week, a hoard of gold coins turns up in an unexpected place, and a $4 million gold coin is stolen from a German museum.

Nearly 17 million American Eagle silver bullion coins were struck dated 2014 through 2017 at the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints.

The origins of gold have long fascinated scientists. Today, scientists debate two main competing theories about where our galaxy’s gold comes from.

A purchaser paid nearly $1,000 above the published value for a Mint State 69 1987 American Eagle silver bullion dollar. What caused the bidding war?