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Activity at factories and mines in the United States cranked up in January. U.S. industrial production rose 0.7% last month, the biggest jump in nearly a year, the Federal Reserve reported. Gold traded around $5,000, and silver traded around $78 as precious metals continue to tread water in a quiet, sideways, orderly market trading. Digging…

In 1916, the U.S. Treasury held a competition to redesign America’s silver coins, inviting artists outside the Mint for the first time in decades. Sculptor Adolph A. Weinman seized the opportunity and created a half dollar unlike anything before it. His Liberty didn’t stand still: she walked, flag flowing behind her, striding toward the sunrise….

While some parts of the country are seeing an early spring thaw, the U.S. housing market is still on ice. U.S. existing home sales tumbled 8.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.91 million in January, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced Thursday. The news was far worse than expected and marked the…

Before the U.S. dollar dominated global trade, Spanish colonial 8 reales struck at Mexico City circulated from Manila to London as the world’s most trusted currency standard. Casa de Moneda de México was established in 1535, producing these silver coins for nearly three centuries. The history of the Mexican Mint spans Spanish colonial silver that…

On January 30, 2026,  Paul Bryan Hollis was officially sworn in as the 41st Director of the United States Mint, following Senate confirmation in December. L. Craig Baudot, Executive Vice President of Sales, flew to Washington, D.C., to personally give the Blanchard families heartfelt congratulations to Paul on this significant appointment. This places a longtime…