U.S. Gold-Coin Sales This Year Top 2012 as Futures Slump
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Sales of American Eagle gold coins by the U.S. Mint this year have surpassed the total for all of 2012 as the futures market, which tumbled into a bear market in April, heads for the first annual decline since 2000.
In 2013, 755,500 ounces of the coins were sold as of today, compared with 753,000 ounces last year, according to data on the mint’s website. In the month of April, sales surged to 209,500 ounces, the most since December 2009, after futures posted the biggest two-day slump in three decades.