Since its founding in 1961, Valcambi has built a stellar reputation as one of the leading gold refineries in both Switzerland and Europe, as well as around the world. Their path to becoming one of the most influential gold refineries has ties to Switzerland’s role as the leading gold refiner in the world. Today, Valcambi...

The United States is a vast country containing many amazing things: subtropical wetlands, rugged mountains, arctic landscapes and arid deserts, the world’s largest and tallest trees, landscapes as diverse as its citizenry. This is exactly what Katharine Lee Bates embodied when she wrote “America the Beautiful,” which would become one of the country’s most patriotic...

You may not realize it, but today’s coins are based on ancient coins that date back from the 6th century BCE up through the European Renaissance over two thousand years later. Coinage has gone through millennia of usage and innovation. For many collectors, especially those interested in numismatics, ancient coins are the prized possessions of...