Gold is a precious metal that has fascinated humans seemingly since the beginning of time. It was originally highly prized for its decorative value, used in jewellery and ornamentation by many ...

The value of the Irish Central Bank's reserves in gold has increased by almost 50% in the last two years to €971m amidst record highs for the precious metal in recent days. New figures provided ...

A RARE 50p coin has sold for a huge 150 times its value thanks to a small missing detail. An eBay user snapped up the coin for £76.24 after a wild bidding frenzy. The King Charles Atlantic Salmon ...

Long-time (really long-time) readers of The Gold Update know that our microphones are just about everywhere as was the case in Rome’s Curia Pompeia (a little Latin lingo there) on this day in 44 ...

It is difficult to directly compare the value of a hit song in 2024 to a hit song in 1999 — the year that record industry revenue peaked in the modern era — because the business largely moved ...

Such a remarkable coin is none other than the 1933 George V penny. While it appears to be worth a mere 1p at face value, an example of this coin went under the hammer for £72,000 in 2016 ...

Gold prices have climbed 13.6% in 2025 and breached $3,000 per ounce last week, setting a new all-time high. Geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty are driving safe-haven flows, pushing up ...

Gold struck a record-high price on Friday as spooked investors rushed to a safe haven over fears that President Trump’s tariffs could reheat inflation and cause an economic slowdown. The ...