July was bad for the U.S. Mint's American Eagle silver bullion coin sales. August was worse. It was the slowest month in more than two-and-a-half years.

A-Mark Precious Metals Inc. has acquired a majority ownership stake in Indiana-based SilverTowne Mint.

The Mint made only 20,000 coins available for purchase when the coins first went on sale July 25 for the first time since 2014.

Work by ICTA led to limits on some of the most bur­densome requirements of the Minnesota Bullion Coin Dealer Law, but there's some confusion to clear up.

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Tokyo is hosting the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, and is considering using their surplus of gold and silver e-waste to create its medals.

The medals were offered at $34.95 per, and the maximum household ordering limit of two of each medal, for a total of four medals.

For 2015, sales through the end of August totaled 421,500 of the American Eagle 1-ounce gold bullion coins. How is the coin doing this year?

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“Significant growth in the precious metal trading activities of the company’s Bullion division made a major contribution to this outcome," the Royal Mint said.

The U.S. Mint was nearly sold out Aug. 9 of its maximum production of 1-ounce platinum 2016 American Eagle bullion coins.

A sales-record three-peat for American Eagle silver bullion coins is starting to look less likely after the U.S. Mint reported its slowest sales month in years.

The U.S. Mint notified authorized purchasers that 2016 Theodore Roosevelt 5-ounce silver bullion quarter dollars will be available for sale beginning Aug. 29.

The Perth Mint has announced sales of 10 million of the 2016 Australian .9999 fine silver Kangaroo $1 bullion coin.

The United States holds nearly 25 percent of the world's identified gold reserves, International Monetary Fund says.

The 2016 offering is the second by the U.S. Mint since late in calendar year 2008. The last time it offered the platinum bullion coins was in 2014.

Authorized purchasers may now order as many American Eagle silver dollar bullion coins as they want after the U.S. Mint lifted its weekly allocations July 18.

Silver and gold were among the top 10 investments during the first six months of 2016, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Even as some authorized purchasers trim their silver American Eagle bullion orders, they have lots of unsold inventory. What does it all mean?