The price of silver today, as of 9:20 a.m. ET, is $74.89 per ounce. That’s down 1.27% from yesterday’s price of $75.85.
On a broader scale, silver is down 10.31% compared to last week and 2.34% lower than a month ago.
Source – Forbes
The price of gold today, as of 9:20 a.m. ET, was $4,504.01 per ounce. That’s down 0.88% in the past 24 hours. The lowest trading price within the last day: $4,454.14 per ounce. The highest gold spot price in the last 24 hours: $4,571.01 per ounce.
Source – Forbes
Spot gold gained 1% to $4,532.72 per ounce. Prices hit their lowest in more than seven weeks earlier in the session. U.S. gold futures for June delivery rose 0.5% higher to $4,535.30.
“Any type of resolution to the war or opening of the Strait of Hormuz would be a positive for the gold market in so much as the expectation would be that interest rates would decline, and hence that would be opportunistic or helpful to the gold market,” said David Meger, director of metals trading at High Ridge Futures.
Citi said it was staying cautious near-term on gold with a zero to three-month point-price target of $4,300/oz.
Source – CNBC
Today marks an exciting moment in the growth of Victoria’s Coin — we’ve officially welcomed our first paying Founding Member. This milestone represents more than a transaction; it’s a sign that the directory is providing real value to trusted gold and silver dealers across the country. I’m grateful for the support and energized to continue building a reliable, transparent resource for collectors, investors, and reputable dealers nationwide.
Thank you community for following on this journey to continue to help investors and collectors alike in finding their one stop shop for precious metals.
Cheers to your investments!
-V.
Hey Numismatics!
I’m sure that you’re looking for coins in honor of National Coin Week and you’re getting rare coins on eBay, Whatnot, Instagram or whatever you online buying you can find. Well, here you can find reputable coin and bullion dealers to buy in person and skip the shipping costs to get your coins.
If you’re looking for rare coins and are in the Chicago area, check out Harlan J. Berk. They have more than 50 years of expertise in the precious metals space. They have a dedicated space to do more research on pieces and even help you enhance your portfolio.
Coins are a specialty at Arizona Coins & Collectibles in Tucson, AZ ranging from ancient to modern. You will see coins on the walls and over 45 years of experience. If you’re not in the area, they have an online eBay store you can visit.
At Bullion & Coin Exchange in Mesa, AZ they are recommended by the U.S Mint. If you’re looking for coins they’ve got you covered and have 39 years of experience to show for it.
If you’re close to Pittsfield, MA then Pittsfield Precious Metals is the place to be for gold, silver, and you guessed it COINS! They offer a variety of collectibles and professional coin grading services.
These are what you can find at these local gold and silver dealers and coins dealers. See their listings and visit their sites. You won’t be disappointed at any of these locations. Their combined experience and expertise will give you comfort knowing you are investing with the right people.
Happy Coin Hunting friends! Good luck!
January 1, 2026, a significant regulatory shift took hold in Washington State, fundamentally altering the landscape for physical metal investors. The implementation of Engrossed Senate Substitute Bill (ESSB) 5794 officially repealed the state’s long-standing sales tax exemption on precious metal bullion and monetized coins. For the first time since 1985, residents in the Evergreen State must now pay a statewide 6.5% sales tax—plus local surtaxes that can push the total levy as high as 10.6%—on every ounce of gold or silver they acquire.
The most immediate losers of this policy shift are the brick-and-mortar dealers within Washington State. Historically, these businesses drew customers from across the Pacific Northwest, but they now face a stark competitive disadvantage against neighboring Oregon, which has no sales tax, and Idaho, which maintains its bullion exemption.
Source – Financial Content
Devastating to learn that Washington’s 40 years of no tax on gold and silver has taken effect this year. We are in March now since this has started but what a shame for this to have happened. I hope all businesses stay strong and speak to those who can help change this tax law back to the way it was. Good luck!
-V.
Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials is considering scaling back copper concentrate processing at its Onahama Smelter & Refinery as falling treatment and processing charges (TC/RCs) weigh on earnings, it said on Monday.
Mitsubishi Materials said the worsening TC/RCs from miners were expected to further erode smelting margins.
“To maintain and improve profitability, we need to raise the ratio of recycled raw materials and accelerate the shift to feedstock less vulnerable to TC/RC fluctuations,” the company said in a statement.
It is now considering the possibility of a partial shutdown of production facilities and a reduction in copper concentrate processing at Onahama, after planned maintenance from October to November this year, Mitsubishi Materials said.
Source – Reuters
South Africa’s commodity-backed currency edged up on Monday, helped by higher gold prices, as investors digested last week’s unexpectedly weak U.S. jobs data and awaited tariff updates ahead of the United States’ August 8 deadline.
The bourse was boosted by South African miners, including Gold Fields , up 8%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU.N), at 6%, and Harmony Gold , which rose 7%.
“Our foremost priority is protecting our export industries. We will continue to engage the U.S. in an attempt to preserve market access for our products,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a newsletter on Monday
Source – Reuters
Gold eased on Monday due to slightly firmer U.S. Treasury yields and profit-taking following last week’s sharp rally driven by weak U.S. jobs data.
Spot gold lost 0.2% to $3,356.91 per ounce, as of 1051 GMT, after rising more than 2% on Friday.
“The market will remain range bound with today’s pullback being in line with some the reversals seen across markets following Friday’s big moves, especially yields which are a tad firmer and stocks which have seen a rebound,” Saxo Bank’s head of commodity strategy, Ole Hansen, said.
Spot silver rose 0.3% to $37.14 per ounce, platinum fell 0.3% to $1,311.38 and palladium was down 0.8% at $1,199.08.
Source – Reuters
A collapse at a copper mine in Chile killed one worker and left five trapped underground, authorities said on Friday, forcing Chile’s state mining company to suspend operations in the affected area of the world’s largest underground copper deposit.
Nine other mine workers suffered injuries, said Chile’s National Copper Corporation, known as Codelco, describing the incident as the result of “a seismic event.”
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 5 earthquake in an area of central Chile where Codelco’s El Teniente mine is located, at 5:34 p.m. local time on Thursday. Authorities said they’re still investigating whether it was a naturally occurring earthquake or whether mining activity at El Teniente caused the quake.
“We are making every effort to try to rescue these five miners,” said Andrés Music, general manager of El Teniente. “The next 48 hours are crucial.”
Source – The Associated Press
Praying for these people to be rescued. -Victoria
