Perth Mint Gold Coins Sales Double In September

- Perth Mint gold coins see sales double on month in September

- Perth Mint silver bullion coin sales surge 78% in September

- Perth Mint sold 46,415 ounces of gold in September

- Nearly six times more gold coins sold at Perth Mint than U.S. Mint in September

- Sales surge at Perth Mint from low base; could indicate trend change and higher demand in coming months



Click image to enlarge

From Reuters:

The Perth Mint's sales of gold products doubled in September from a month earlier, while silver sales surged 78 percent, the mint said in a blog post on its website on Tuesday.

Sales of gold coins and minted bars jumped to 46,415 ounces in September from 23,130 ounces a month ago, the mint said.

Silver sales during the month also rose to 697,849 ounces, compared with 392,091 ounces in August.

The Perth Mint refines more than 90 percent of newly-mined gold in Australia, the world's No. 2 gold producer after China.

Spot gold prices recorded their biggest monthly drop for the year in September, pressured by the strength of the U.S. dollar amid increasing prospects of a December interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve.

From Smaulgld:

September Perth Mint gold coins sales topped U.S. Mint one ounce American Gold Eagle sales of 8,000 ounces by nearly six fold.

Perth Mint gold sales topped the U.S. Mint gold sales for the seventh month in a row.

Gold sales at the Perth Mint in September 2017 were down 21% from September 2016 sales of 58,811 ounces.

Perth Mint gold sales were up 101% in September from 23,130 ounces sold in August.

Sales of American Gold Eagles at the U.S. Mint in September 2017 were at a seventeen year low.

We will cover this in more depth tomorrow and compare and analyse the sharp increase in Perth Mint gold coin and silver coin demand with the still very low US Mint demand.

News and Commentary

Gold gains amid renewed North Korea fears (Reuters.com)

Chinese stocks rise after weeklong holiday (MarketWatch.com)

No Angst Seen Among Indian Investors as Local Flows Accelerate (Bloomberg.com)

Corker says he worries Trump’s recklessness could lead to ‘World War III’ (MarketWatch.com)

Dollar down from 12-week high vs yen as North Korea fears weigh (Reuters.com)



Weekly Precious Metal Price Changes (Ed Steer via GoldSeek)

Gold Readying to Rally (ZealLLC.com)

Gold and Silver Digest - Ed Steer (GoldSeek.com)

Bass On "Worthless" Puerto Rican Debt, The Crypto "Gold Rush", And Guns (ZeroHedge.com)

JP Morgan Dimon's status quo bias and the “internet replay” (StansberryChurcHouse.com)

US government lost nearly $1 trillion in FY2017. Again (SoveriegnMan.com)

Gold Prices (LBMA AM)

09 Oct: USD 1,282.15, GBP 976.23 & EUR 1,092.01 per ounce

06 Oct: USD 1,268.20, GBP 970.43 & EUR 1,083.93 per ounce

05 Oct: USD 1,278.40, GBP 969.28 & EUR 1,086.51 per ounce

04 Oct: USD 1,275.55, GBP 960.87 & EUR 1,085.11 per ounce

03 Oct: USD 1,270.70, GBP 959.00 & EUR 1,081.87 per ounce

02 Oct: USD 1,273.10, GBP 956.48 & EUR 1,084.55 per ounce

Silver Prices (LBMA)

09 Oct: USD 16.92, GBP 12.86 & EUR 14.41 per ounce

06 Oct: USD 16.63, GBP 12.73 & EUR 14.20 per ounce

05 Oct: USD 16.66, GBP 12.64 & EUR 14.19 per ounce

04 Oct: USD 16.83, GBP 12.67 & EUR 14.29 per ounce

03 Oct: USD 16.61, GBP 12.53 & EUR 14.13 per ounce

02 Oct: USD 16.58, GBP 12.46 & EUR 14.12 per ounce



Recent Market Updates

- Survey shows UK and US Pensions Crisis is Imminent

- Gold Investment In Germany Surges – Now World’s Largest Gold Buyers

- Yahoo Hacking Highlights Cyber Risk and Increasing Importance of Physical Gold

- Safe Haven Silver To Outperform Gold In Q4 And In 2018

- Plan For Run On The Pound

- Russia Gold Rush Sees Record Reserves For Putin Era

- China Catalyst To Send Gold Over $10,000 Per Ounce?

- Gold Matches S&P 500 Performance In First 3 Quarters; Up 12% 2017 YTD

- Gold Standard Resulted In “Fewer Catastrophes” – FT

- Financial Advice From Man Who Made $1+ Billion in 1929 – Importance Of Being Patient and “Sitting”

- “Gold prices to reach $1,400 before the end of the year” – GoldCore

- Commodities King Gartman Says Gold Soon Reach $1,400 As Drums of War Grow Louder

- Bitcoin “Is A Bubble” but Gold Is Money Says World’s Biggest Hedge Fund Manager

Important Guides

For your perusal, below are our most popular guides in 2017:

Essential Guide To Storing Gold In Switzerland

Essential Guide To Storing Gold In Singapore

Essential Guide to Tax Free Gold Sovereigns (UK)

Please share our research with family, friends and colleagues who you think would benefit from being informed by it.