On behalf of government and treasury of Niue Island, the New Zealand Mint issued late last week a new silver coin featuring images from Ali Baba and the forty thieves tale.

The United States Mint will release soon a 5-ounce silver uncirculated coin to celebrate the American Memorial Park in the Commonwealth Mariana Islands. The US Mint said it will start accepting online orders for the coin on Thursday.

The Royal Canadian Mint released in April the newest gold coin in its 99.999% pure gold bullion "Call of the Wild" series.

The Australian Perth Mint has released a new 1 oz. 999 silver coin to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the invention of the Periodic Table.

The UK-based private Pobjoy Mint has released a new Ultra High Relief and Domed coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

The Royal Canadian Mint released a new 1 oz fine silver coin featuring a sugar maple leaf on April 1. The same release by the mint also included two gold coins, with one of them adding to its 99.999% pure gold bullion "Call of the Wild" series.

Gold Prices recovered on Wednesday morning after they hit their lowest level in 4 weeks in the previous session.

The Australian Perth Mint released a new 1 oz silver coin featuring the largest bird of prey in Australia, the wedge-tailed eagle, which is also one of the biggest eagles in the entire world. Besides mainland Australia, the wedge-tailed eagles can be seen in Tasmania and southern New Guinea. 

The Royal Mint has released a new coin to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the final entry of Samuel Pepys’s diaries. The new coin comes in a brilliant uncirculated version, silver proof, and gold proof.

Gold prices rose on Thursday as the American dollar weakened against its rival currencies, Reuters reported. The American dollar traded near a week low in the previous session following the emergence of data indicating that U.S. service sector activity was at its lowest level in 19 months and the growth of payroll was less than expected, Reuters said.