Mint State Gold

Every week, hundreds of millions of dollars in gold bars are flying out of vaults in lower Manhattan and northern New Jersey... Don Lair

The best-performing precious metal for the past week was silver, up 6.00%. Silver futures surged to an intraday high of $82.16 per ounce on Friday as hopes for a U.S.–Iran peace deal and the potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz lifted precious metals for a fourth straight session... Frank Holmes

During April, spot gold fell $50.21 per ounce (or -1.08%) to close the month at $4,617.85... Paul Wong

Gold’s rally may be stuck in neutral for now, but central banks continue to send a clear signal to the market: they remain committed buyers on price weakness, even amid volatile economic conditions... Niels Christensen

Gold prices have dropped since the start of the conflict in Iran, raising doubts about the metal’s traditional role as a hedge against geopolitical crises... Morgan Stanley

Gold has been pulled in two directions in recent weeks... Pheonix Refining

Judy Shelton has earned media attention for her criticisms of Federal Reserve policy... Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

A staggering 83% of the gold bars stored at Fort Knox fail to meet modern international purity standards, rendering much of the US’s reported 8,133.5 metric tons of gold reserves. . . Johnathan Wall

Using a gold price of $4,320 per ounce, BofA calculates that a compression to the 2011 ratio low of 32:1 would push silver to $135, while a drop to the. . . Johnathan Wall

The Bank of Russia’s January bulletin showed 74.8 million fine troy ounces at the end of December, while the central bank’s monthly reserves table and follow up reporting from The Moscow Times put the stock at 74.3 million ounces after. . . Dr. Usman