African Bullion Blog

Black Swans on the Horizon, Historically High Debt, Alan Greenspan’s Bond Warning and More

Three Looming Black Swans That Could Trigger the Next Global Recession In case you’re not familiar with the term, in finance a black swan is defined as events or occurrences that are both abnormal and difficult to predict. However, accordingRead More

The Fallout From the ‘Silver Crash’ Trump Meets Putin, Playing the Gold/Silver Ratio and More

Making Sense of the ‘Silver Flash Crash’ On July 6th, 2017, the silver market crashed. It was only a momentary blip, as although the price briefly plummeted to $14.40 it had rebounded to $15.80 by day’s end a few hoursRead More

Record US Debt Woes May Be Good News for Private Gold Investors

The US is currently the ‘proud owner’ of the biggest debt mountain in recorded history. And according to Swiss asset management expert Egon Von Greyerz all the gold in the world wouldn’t even cover it. Bad news for the USRead More

Why Would a ‘Gold King’ Advise Buying Silver Right Now?

In an opinion piece for Daily Reckoning, investor and journalist Zach Scheidt explains why a man considered so important in the gold investment industry that he is known as ‘Mr Gold’ has recently been extolling the advantages of buying silverRead More

The ‘Bullion Test Free’ App – Does it Really Work?

There are really two kinds of people interested in collecting bullion coins; the investors, who, for the most part value the coins as a convenient and stable form of investment and the eager numismatists who value their coins as muchRead More

Unsustainable World Debt

Rising Gold and Silver Prices Gold and silver have been used as money for thousands of years. The value of gold and silver is inversely proportional to the faith people have in the world’s Fiat / paper currencies. Fiat moneyRead More

The Fisch Scale – What it is and Why You Need It

The Fisch scale is a specialist instrument that is used by banks and experienced bullion dealers to help them determine as accurately as possible whether or not a particular bullion coin they are examining is indeed the real thing. HowRead More

The New 2016 Perth Mint Silver Kangaroo Coins Hop Onto the Scene

The Australian Silver Kangaroo Coin is considered extra special because it marks the very first time that the kangaroo, which has been a staple of gold coinage since 1933, has appeared on a silver coin.

Fed’s Rocket Ship Turns Hoverboard

Over the past year, while the U.S. economy has continually missed expectations, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has assured all who could stay awake during her press conferences that it was strong enough to withstand tighter monetary policy. In deliveringRead More