1. Happy Hannukah

Coins are a much covered topic at this time of year. But not necessarily real ones.

One of Hannukah's mainstay traditions are the gold-foil-wrapped chocolate coins, and they've gotten their share of media attention: 

• An NPR story calls into question the coins' tastiness.
• Huffington Post, perhaps as a result, profiled upscale options.
• And Time's Everyday Money blog actually analyzed how much a bag of gelt would be worth if it were real gold.

2. Precious metals pricing

Kitco.com listed the following prices per ounce at 11:32 a.m. ET Thursday:

• Gold: $1,195.00
• Silver: $15.945

3. What's new on CoinWorld.com?

We're still waiting to hear from eBay about how a new U.S. policy toward Cuba would affect their policy of not hosting sales of Cuban coins. 

Here's a little background.

4. Yesterday's most-viewed post

United States Mint resumes sales of Proof and Uncirculated Baseball silver dollars

5. Heads up, holiday shoppers