Precious metals investors are familiar with gold and silver, but copper often takes a backseat to these more widely known metals. Even so, copper is one of the most versatile metals and is used in virtually every major industry around the globe. Let’s explore copper’s utility and what makes it a good investment option. Early…
The American outlaw known as Butch Cassidy was made famous by Hollywood, romanticized for his days of holding up trains and rustling livestock in the late 19th century. Though Cassidy was well-recognized in his day, he had a humble beginning and a mysterious end. Butch Cassidy, as he would later come to be known, was…
Everyone knows the name Merlin. The fictional wizard of Arthurian legends has been a popular character for centuries, with no shortage of variations of his tale across pop culture and the entertainment industry. But even though the famed magician is known for mentoring King Arthur, his original incarnation actually had nothing to do with the…
In March of 1952, a cache of first century documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouins inside caves at Qumran, along the shores of the Dead Sea. The first fourteen scrolls contained literary works written on parchment or papyrus. The last scroll proved very different, as it was etched into a…
When shopping for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, have you noticed that these precious metals are measured in troy ounces? A troy ounce is, in fact, a different unit of measurement than a standard ounce (also called a avoirdupois ounce). One troy ounce equals 1.09714286 ounces or 31.1034768 grams. So why do we use troy…
The third release in the Osborne Mint’s Angels and Demons Steampunk Collection of one ounce silver rounds is just around the corner, so we wanted to share information about the series as well as the steampunk movement. Once complete, this series will feature six angels and six demons designed by Ana and Mercedes Hidalgo of…
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