First Spouse Gold Coin sales dropped across the board, with numbers that approach ugly. The weakened performance is somewhat expected, however.
Gold prices had started on an eight day decline beginning Monday, Feb. 23 and First Spouse Coin prices were increased on Wednesday, Feb. 25 because gold was trending higher only days earlier — over $1,000 an ounce on Friday, Feb. 20. (See the Mint pricing grid for examples on how the Mint adjusts gold coin prices.)
As gold prices stumbled down further and further and nearly touched $900 an ounce, the separation between the value of gold in each coin and that of its price became even more pronounced.
Full Article: First Spouse Coin Sales Figures - March 5 - First Spouse Coins
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