Miscellaneous

Selling scrap gold involves more than weight and spot price. Learn 10 things to check before choosing a gold buyer in New York City.

From Omega pennies to privy hunts and shaped gold coins, the U.S. Mint is experimenting with new ways to attract and engage collectors.

Seven U.S. coins reveal how melting, circulation, lost grades, hidden Treasury hoards and shipwrecks can reshape rarity decades later.

Most platinum comes from South Africa because of extraordinary geology. See how the Bushveld Complex shapes mining, costs and global supply.

The Common Cents Act passed the House. Learn what happens next for penny production, cash rounding, existing cents and collectible issues.

The Netherlands shifted gold toward London, revealing how liquidity, custody and crisis access influence where central banks store reserves.

Gold has not reacted the same way to every U.S. debt crisis. See why yields, the dollar and market confidence shaped each major episode.

Gold is expensive, yet engineers still use it in chips, medical devices and spacecraft. Its unusual properties explain why it survives.