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		<title>Silver Beaker</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; VOLGER HAMBURG, GERMANY STERLING SILVER PRESENTATION CUP BEAKER CIRCA 1800 $12,000.00 Rare 17cent. GOLD WASHD silver beaker Augsburg 1641 by Philipp (Jacob) Benner $4,245.00 Russian Silver Shmirot Kiddush Cup Beaker c1850 Judaica $4,200.00 ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER 88 RED ENAMEL BEAKER BY THE GRACHEV BROTHERS $3,950.00 Fine Set Of 8 Chinese Export Silver Cups / [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In The Lead – Cheers or Jeers?</title>
		<link>http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/22/in-the-lead-cheers-or-jeers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Nadler, Kitco Metals Inc.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/22/in-the-lead-cheers-or-jeers/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Precious-Metals-Commentary.jpg" alt="Precious Metals Commentary" width="250" height="175" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="In The Lead - Cheers or Jeers?" /></a>Gold and silver prices headed lower this morning while platinum and palladium extended their Tuesday rally with fairly hefty additional gains.</p>
<p>Gold retreated towards the $1,750 area while silver fell back to near the $34 level as profit-takers moved in following yesterday's Sino-Euro-news-induced euphoria. Platinum vaulted to the $1,721 mark on the offer side and narrowed its gap with gold to $70 while palladium advanced $10 to rise to the $723 figure on the offered side of spot prices [...]</p>]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Precious-Metals-Commentary.jpg" alt="Precious Metals Commentary" width="250" height="175" hspace="15" vspace="0" align="right" title="Precious Metals Commentary" />Gold and silver prices headed lower this morning while platinum and palladium extended their Tuesday rally with fairly hefty additional gains. [...]<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/22/in-the-lead-cheers-or-jeers/">In The Lead &#8211; Cheers or Jeers?</a> (1,378 words)</p>
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		<title>2012 Chinese Silver and Gold Panda Coins Available</title>
		<link>http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/22/2012-chinese-silver-and-gold-panda-coins-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrin Lee Unser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/22/2012-chinese-silver-and-gold-panda-coins-available/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-Chinese-Gold-and-Silver-Panda-Coins-300x95.jpg" alt="2012 Chinese Gold and Silver Panda Coins" width="300" height="95" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" class="0" title="2012 Chinese Silver and Gold Panda Coins Available" /></a>Continuing a coin series dating back to the early 1980's, new Chinese Panda silver and gold commemorative coins have been issued by the Shenzhen Guobao Mint. The precious metal coins actually debuted late last year and feature a new reverse containing the image of a mother panda and her cub.</p>
<p>A total of ten different Panda coins have been issued for 2012, including seven struck from .999 fine gold and three composed from .999 fine silver. These coins are available [...]</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Continuing a coin series dating back to the early 1980&#8242;s, new Chinese Panda silver and gold commemorative coins have been issued by the Shenzhen Guobao Mint. The precious metal coins actually debuted late last year and feature a new reverse containing the image of a mother panda and her cub.</p>
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		<title>Gold Rallies Nearly 2% as Silver Jumps $1.21, Bullion Silver Eagles Top 7M</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/21/gold-rallies-nearly-2-as-silver-jumps-1-21-bullion-silver-eagles-top-7m/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Fine-Gold-Bars.jpg" alt="Fine Gold Bars" width="251" height="176" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="Gold Rallies Nearly 2% as Silver Jumps $1.21, Bullion Silver Eagles Top 7M" /></a>Gold advanced 1.9% Tuesday after Greece secured a second bailout  from the European Union.</p>
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 <p>&#34;Gold gets a boost from the EU kicking the can down the road,&#34; Reuters quoted said Rob Kurzatkowski, senior commodity analyst at optionsXpress.</p>
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<p>Gold prices jumped $32.60 to $1,758.50 an ounce in the April futures contract on the Comex in New York. The settlement price was [...]</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Fine-Gold-Bars.jpg" alt="Fine Gold Bars" width="251" height="176" hspace="15" vspace="0" align="right" title="Fine Gold Bars" />Gold advanced 1.9% Tuesday after Greece secured a second bailout  from the European Union.</p>
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<p>&quot;Gold gets a boost from the EU kicking the can down the road,&quot; <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/21/us-markets-precious-idUSTRE80T1QZ20120221" title="Gold up one percent on Greek deal, economic uncertainty">Reuters quoted</a> said Rob Kurzatkowski, senior commodity analyst at optionsXpress. &quot;Not only does the bailout perhaps delay the inevitable (Greek bankruptcy), but it also opens the door for higher inflation across the euro zone.&quot; [...]<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/21/gold-rallies-nearly-2-as-silver-jumps-1-21-bullion-silver-eagles-top-7m/">Gold Rallies Nearly 2% as Silver Jumps $1.21, Bullion Silver Eagles Top 7M</a> (576 words)</p>
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		<title>In The Lead – Greek Drama And Icelandic Saga</title>
		<link>http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/21/in-the-lead-greek-drama-and-icelandic-saga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Nadler, Kitco Metals Inc.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coinnews.net/?p=25928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/21/in-the-lead-greek-drama-and-icelandic-saga/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Precious-Metals-Commentary.jpg" alt="Precious Metals Commentary" width="250" height="175" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="In The Lead - Greek Drama And Icelandic Saga" /></a>Precious metals opened firmer across the board after a day of respite in New York on Monday. Gold traded around $1,745 showing a gain of about $12 while silver climbed a quarter dollar to near $33.90 per ounce.</p>
<p>The big mover on the day thus far was platinum, which added $32 to touch $1,680 on the offered side of spot quotes. The loss of more than 80,000 ounces of platinum production at Impala's Rustenburg mine is not going unnoticed in the relatively small PGM niche [...]</p>]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Precious-Metals-Commentary.jpg" alt="Precious Metals Commentary" width="250" height="175" hspace="15" vspace="0" align="right" title="Precious Metals Commentary" />The long-awaited &quot;Eurogroup&quot; rescue package for Greece was finally agreed to in Brussels this morning and European equity markets promptly headed&#8230; lower (?!) in the wake of the news. The EU/ECB/IMF trio is into the Greek rescue by almost a half a trillion dollars at this point, and the latest life-preserver contains what is being labeled as a &#8216;significant contribution&#8217; by the IMF. [...]<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/21/in-the-lead-greek-drama-and-icelandic-saga/">In The Lead &#8211; Greek Drama And Icelandic Saga</a> (1,630 words)</p>
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		<title>Titanic Centennial Commemorative Coins Issued by UK Royal Mint</title>
		<link>http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/21/titanic-centennial-commemorative-coins-issued-by-uk-royal-mint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/21/titanic-centennial-commemorative-coins-issued-by-uk-royal-mint/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Titanic-Centennial-Commemorative-Coins-300x104.jpg" alt="Titanic Centennial Commemorative Coins" width="300" height="104" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="Titanic Centennial Commemorative Coins Issued by UK Royal Mint" /></a>The Royal Mint has released two commemorative coins marking the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic, the White Star Line passenger liner that struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean resulting in the death of 1,517 of 2,223 passengers.</p>
<p>The two centennial commemoratives authorized by the Government of Alderney include a limited minted Titanic 100th Anniversary 2012 &#163;5 Alderney Silver Proof Coin for &#163;82.50 and a Titanic 100th Anniversary 2012 &#163;5 Alderney Uncirculated Coin at a price of &#163;12.99 [...]</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>The Royal Mint has released two commemorative coins marking the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of <a href="http://www.rmstitanic.net/" title="RMS Titanic Information">RMS Titanic</a>, the White Star Line passenger liner that struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean resulting in the death of 1,517 of 2,223 passengers.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">Titanic Centennial Commemorative Coins - Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated</p>
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		<title>Gold Flat on Week, American Silver Eagles Crawl as Silver Retreats</title>
		<link>http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/18/gold-flat-on-week-american-silver-eagles-crawl-as-silver-retreats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/18/gold-flat-on-week-american-silver-eagles-crawl-as-silver-retreats/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Fine-Gold-Bars.jpg" alt="Fine Gold Bars" width="251" height="176" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="Gold Flat on Week, American Silver Eagles Crawl as Silver Retreats" /></a>Gold was nearly unchanged this week as prices climbed a modest 60 cents following a loss of $15.00 last week. Other precious metals retreated for the week. And with silver's 1.2% loss, investors were less keen on American Silver Eagles as its weekly sales were handily the worst of the year.</p>
<p>As for gold, it garnered little to no support from a U.S. Labor Department report on Friday which showed that U.S. inflation rose 0.2% in January -- the  largest increase since September [...]</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Fine-Gold-Bars.jpg" alt="Fine Gold Bars" width="251" height="176" hspace="15" vspace="0" align="right" title="Fine Gold Bars" />Gold was nearly unchanged this week as prices climbed a modest 60 cents following a loss of $15.00 <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/11/gold-down-0-9-on-week-as-silver-dips-0-4-us-bullion-eagles-improve/" title="Gold Down 0.9% on Week as Silver Dips 0.4%, US Bullion Eagles Improve">last week</a>. Other precious metals retreated for the week. And with silver&#8217;s 1.2% loss, investors were less keen on American Silver Eagles as its weekly sales were handily the worst of the year.</p>
<p>As for <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/tools/live-silver-gold-platinum-spots/" title="Live Silver, Gold &amp; Platinum Spots">gold</a>, it garnered little to no support from a U.S. Labor Department report on Friday which showed that <a href="http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/" title="US Inflation Hits 2.9% on 12-Month Basis, Consumer Prices Climb 0.2% in January 2012">U.S. inflation</a> rose 0.2% in January &#8212; the largest increase since September. [...]<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/18/gold-flat-on-week-american-silver-eagles-crawl-as-silver-retreats/">Gold Flat on Week, American Silver Eagles Crawl as Silver Retreats</a> (940 words)</p>
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		<title>America’s Founding Fathers 2012 Currency Set Release</title>
		<link>http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/17/americas-founding-fathers-2012-currency-set-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/17/americas-founding-fathers-2012-currency-set-release/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Americas-Founding-Fathers-2012-Currency-Set-240x253.jpg" alt="America's Founding Fathers 2012 Currency Set" width="215" height="227" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-25853" title="America's Founding Fathers 2012 Currency Set Release" /></a>The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has announced its upcoming America's Founding Fathers 2012 Currency Set, featuring George Washington and Thomas Jefferson bills.</p>
<p>Each currency set has a Series 2009 $1 note with a portrait of George Washington and a Series 2003A $2 note with Thomas Jefferson's portrait. They are from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis with matching serial numbers that begin with &#34;2012.&#34; [...]</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has announced its upcoming America&#8217;s Founding Fathers 2012 Currency Set, featuring George Washington and Thomas Jefferson bills.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">America&#039;s Founding Fathers 2012 Currency Set</p>
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		<title>In The Lead – As A Matter Of Facts (And Figures)…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Nadler, Kitco Metals Inc.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/17/in-the-lead-as-a-matter-of-facts-and-figures/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Precious-Metals-Commentary.jpg" alt="Precious Metals Commentary" width="250" height="175" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="In The Lead - As A Matter Of Facts (And Figures)..." /></a>Gold prices opened modestly higher this morning as market participants were seen closely tracking the latest Greek saga developments and various EU statements regarding the fate of the same.</p>
<p>The overnight rally ran out of momentum near the $1,735 level and book-squaring ahead of the weekend might keep further advances in check unless something meaningful (and market-positive) comes out in the news today. Spot bullion was indicated at $1,732 and showed a $3+ gain while silver was unchanged at $33.52 per ounce [...]</p>]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Precious-Metals-Commentary.jpg" alt="Precious Metals Commentary" width="250" height="175" hspace="15" vspace="0" align="right" title="Precious Metals Commentary" /><a href="http://www.kitco.com/kitco-gold-index.html" target="_blank">Gold</a> prices opened modestly higher this morning as market participants were seen closely tracking the latest Greek saga developments and various EU statements regarding the fate of the same. [...]<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/17/in-the-lead-as-a-matter-of-facts-and-figures/">In The Lead &#8211; As A Matter Of Facts (And Figures)&#8230;</a> (1,977 words)</p>
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		<title>2012 Discover Australia Silver Proof Coins Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrin Lee Unser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/17/2012-discover-australia-silver-proof-coins-released/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-Discover-Australia-Silver-Proof-Coins-300x96.jpg" alt="2012 Discover Australia Silver Proof Coins" width="300" height="96" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="2012 Discover Australia Silver Proof Coins Released" /></a>Five newly released 2012 Discover Australia Silver Proof Coins  are enabling enthusiasts a chance to discover the amazing scenery found within Australia as well as the animals that inhabit it. The Perth Mint coins depict a different creature of the country placed amidst a colored background of the distinctive regions they inhabit.</p>
<p>Each of this year's proof coins from the <em>Discover Australia Series</em> is limited to a maximum mintage of just 7,500. They are available individually or as part of a set which includes all five [...]</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Five newly released <strong>2012 Discover Australia Silver Proof Coins</strong> are enabling enthusiasts a chance to discover the amazing scenery found within Australia as well as the animals that inhabit it. The Perth Mint coins depict a different creature of the country placed amidst a colored background of the distinctive regions they inhabit.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">2012 Discover Australia Silver Proof Coins featuring the Green and Gold Bell Frog, the Red Kangaroo, the Kookaburra, the Goanna and the Whale Shark</p>
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		<title>Gold Steady, Silver Dips 3.8 Cents and Palladium Prices Rally</title>
		<link>http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/16/gold-steady-silver-dips-3-8-cents-and-palladium-prices-rally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/16/gold-steady-silver-dips-3-8-cents-and-palladium-prices-rally/"><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Fine-Gold-Bars.jpg" alt="Fine Gold Bars" width="251" height="176" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" title="Gold Steady, Silver Dips 3.8 Cents and Palladium Prices Rally" /></a>Gold futures were nearly unchanged Thursday after spending most of the day lower until the U.S. dollar  weakened.</p>
<p>By the day's end, gold prices added 30.0 cents to $1,728.40 an ounce in the April futures contract on the Comex in New York. The yellow metal moved between an intraday low of $1,706.70 and a high of $1,731.10.</p>
<p>Silver prices for March delivery edged down 3.8 cents, or 0.1%, to [...]</p>]]></description>
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