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The 50 peso gold coin contains more gold than an American Eagle or Canadian Maple Leaf. This makes it one of the most substantial bullion coins available to collectors and investors. Known as the Centenario, this historic piece has been a staple of the precious metals market since 1921. Originally created as a commemorative issue…

National Debt Now Tops 100% of GDP Anyone with a credit card knows how interest on debt can pile up fast. If you don’t pay your balance in full, the credit card company tacks on interest so the amount you owe gets bigger. It works the same way for our government. This year, our U.S….

There are gold dollars. And then there’s this gold dollar. In 1867, the Philadelphia Mint struck just 5,200 gold dollars. Of those, only a handful survived the 150 years in anything close to pristine condition. Today’s coin did, and somewhere along the way, it caught the eye of Harry W. Bass Jr. Bass built one…

The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh to be the Federal Reserve’s 17th chairman, replacing outgoing Chair Jerome Powell. Mr. Warsh is stepping into a role widely considered to be the most powerful central banker in the world, some even say the most powerful person in the world. However, the Fed Chair is often in the background…

It’s not just central banks, individual investors and family offices that have been buying physical gold in recent years, cryptocurrency firms are gobbling up bullion too. In the secretive gold market, the crypto company Tether Holdings, SA is now the largest known holder of bullion outside of central banks and governments. In the first three…