Issue 11 · week ending October 16, 2026
October 16, 2026
Gold and silver bounced back Thursday as Treasury yields fell, even with another hot inflation print. The Mint's new Semiquincentennial Proof Set is off to its biggest start in years, and collectors have a fresh reason to check their Trump dollar bags.
Gold and silver rallied Thursday as Treasury yields and the dollar fell, even after September producer prices rose 6.3% from a year earlier; Kitco had spot gold near $4,168.70 an ounce and silver near $57.31 in late U.S. trading.
Kitco NewsWire printed spot gold $4,168.70 an ounce (up $64.20, 1.56%); spot silver $57.31 (up $1.80, 3.24%); September PPI up 6.3% year over year (2026-10-15).
China's central bank added 23 tonnes of gold to its reserves in September, and Chinese gold ETF holdings reached a month-end record of 304 tonnes, according to the World Gold Council's Ray Jia.
Kitco News printed 23 tonnes added in September; Chinese gold ETF holdings 304 tonnes (2026-10-15).
The 2026 Semiquincentennial Proof Set, released Oct. 6 at $107, opened with 379,278 sets sold, already more than the full 2023, 2024 and 2025 Proof Sets; the new American Innovation $1 Reverse Proof Set showed 38,540 sold from early orders.
CoinNews.net printed 379,278 Proof Sets sold, 79% of the 480,000 limit; 38,540 Reverse Proof Sets sold (U.S. Mint sales through Oct. 12) (2026-10-15).
CoinWeek now counts three 1776–2026 Trump dollars missing a clad layer: the NGC MS 65 discovery coin plus two raw coins that error specialist Mike Byers identified as genuine, one found by a Florida collector in a 100-coin bag bought from the Mint.
CoinWeek printed no sale figure.
GreatCollections will offer a 1926-D Peace dollar graded PCGS MS-66 with CAC approval on Sunday, Oct. 18.
CoinWeek printed no sale figure.
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