Zimbabwe Takes Steps to Move Towards a Gold Standard

Currently, the Zimbabwe gold-backed digital currency that was introduced in 2023, is in use as legal tender and a store of value alongside the Zimbabwean dollar and bond notes. According to state-owned media reports, the country’s central bank currently holds roughly 793kgs of gold in reserves valued at roughly $49 million at the current price with plans to grow reserves to around $100m.

Costco Adds Canadian Maple Leaf Coins to their Lineup

Costco’s decision to sell precious metals is being viewed as a strategic way to tap into niche markets while exposing precious metals as store of value and wealth to their diverse customer base.

Costco’s venture into selling precious metals is helping to set a new retail trend that blurs the lines between everyday shopping and investing.

How to Verify a PAMP Suisse Gold Bar 

The surface of all precious metals have microscopic topographic features that are as unique as human fingerprints.

The PAMP Suisse Veriscan Mobile Application can be used to authenticate gold, silver and platinum bars that are issued by PAMP Suisse, along with bullion coins and bars that are issued by a handful of other established mints that include the Royal Australian Mint, Bank of China, Lombard Bank Malta and UBS.

Stacking Copper Pennies

Collecting pre-1982 pennies can be a hobby that also serves as an investment in copper. The higher copper content in these pennies makes them more valuable as a commodity than their face value and post-1982 counterparts.

The intrinsic value of the metal does not change the fact that thee coins are legal tender. Just like Pre-1965 junk silver, there are many advantages to having an easily recognizable coin rather than some melted scrap copper ingots.

New Catalyst $10 bill expected in 2026

It’s been more than ten years since then US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced a new project to redesign the nations currency, beginning with the $10 note.

At the time of the announcement, the designs for the new $10 bill were expected to be unveiled in 2020 to correlate with the 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.