Special Report: Philippine Coin prices

Philippine coin prices have been bullish lately due to the extended streak of gains of bullion prices in the world market. However, collectors have not been so intuitive lately that most silver and gold coins escaped much attention as it went to only a handful of local investors.Street price (Quiapo price) has been used as the pattern for local coins since but due to the crisis brought by several catastrophic events, it has been rendered lately as obsolete as experts predict that climb of bullion metals will become regular and most of the times erratic.U.S. gold and silver prices extended their gains Wednesday as gold reached a new all-time record high for a second straight day and silver advanced to a fresh 31-year high for a third day. The metals gained on the back of a weaker U.S. dollar...

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Tips on spotting genuine notes in circulation

In the booklet “Know Your Philippine Currency," the BSP advised the public to study and familiarize the characteristics, designs and distinct features of the central banknotes.The following are some practical steps to tell genuine BSP notes:* Feel the paper – Genuine notes are printed on a special kind of paper, which is rough when running the fingers on it. It does not glow under ultraviolet light. The watermark, security fibers, security threads and irisdescent band are included during paper manufacture.* Examine the watermark on the unprinted portion of the note – The watermark is the silhouette of the portrait appearing on the face of the note. Sharp details of the light and shadow effect can be seen when the note is viewed against the light. The contours of the features of the silhouette...

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Silver dips to $34 as Global crisis deepens

U.S. gold and silver prices were little changed Monday as gold climbed 0.2 percent and silver dipped 0.3 percent. Platinum and palladium, however, faltered heavily on industrial demand concerns following Japan’s earthquake. The metals fell 1.7 and 2.3 percent, respectively. April gold prices edged up $3.10 to close at $1,424.90 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Gold was traded as low as $1,418.20 and as high as $1,433.50. "Gold … remains well bid due to all the uncertainty in the world, led by Japan’s possible nuclear meltdown. The Middle East crisis still looms though it is no longer the lead story on the headlines," Miguel Perez-Santalla, vice president of Heraeus Precious Metals Management, said and was quoted on Reuters. Silver prices for May delivery retreated 9.5 cents drops to $34.66...

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DTI told to assists monitor coin hoarding activities

The Cebu Bankers Club (CBC) is currently drafting a position paper to urge the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-7) to participate in the campaign to curtail the coin shortage problem, especially within the region. This is with regards to the proliferation of automated machines that use coins, as tokens, as this are considered as one of the factors that contribute to the declining of coin supply in the circulation, said CBC president Claro B. Cabaero. CBC had been very active in supporting the Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP) program to prevent severe shortage of coin supply. According to Cabaero, CBC will ask the DTI-7 to help in monitoring the hoarding of coins among automated machine operators that include the Automated Tubig Machine (ATM), Piso-Piso Internet machine, Karaoke,...

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