Issue 24 · week ending October 29, 2026
October 29, 2026
The Fed held rates and gold is drifting ahead of this morning's inflation data, while a rare 1838 Gobrecht dollar restrike heads to Stack's Bowers' Rarities Night.
Gold slipped Thursday morning as bets on a December Fed rate hike lingered ahead of the September PCE inflation report.
Reuters, via Kitco printed spot gold down 0.8% at $4,035.28 an ounce at 1121 GMT (2026-10-29).
Gold held steady and silver fell late Wednesday after the Fed left rates unchanged and two officials voted for an immediate hike.
Kitco News (Kitco NewsWire) printed spot gold near $4,056.80, down $2.50 (0.06%); spot silver near $53.720, down $0.580 (1.07%) (2026-10-28).
The World Bank expects global commodity prices to rise 23% in 2026, citing Middle East war disruptions, Black Sea grain problems and safe-haven demand for gold, then ease 7% next year.
Reuters, via Kitco printed up 23% in 2026; ease 7% next year (2026-10-28).
The 2026 American Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof Set led U.S. Mint weekly sales again, and the 1776–2026 dual-date proof Silver Eagle passed 451,000, over 90% of its 500,000 maximum.
CoinNews.net printed Innovation set 51,078 (+1,713); 2026-W Proof Silver Eagle 451,757 (+1,473); period ending Oct. 25 (2026-10-28).
A plain-edge 1838 Gobrecht dollar restrike, Judd-85, PCGS Proof-65 CAC, is Lot 2088 in Stack's Bowers' November 17 Rarities Night, with fewer than a dozen known.
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NGC announced on October 26 that it is taking over the Coin of the Year Awards, presenting them starting in 2027 and reviewing judging, categories and nominations.
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A new Whitman book by Robert L. Rodriguez reports that X-ray micro-diffraction found a 1748 Mexico City 8 reales beneath a silver 1776 Continental dollar.
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