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The Voyager Gold Records
Gold is an important component in aerospace equipment and projects. Yet, it has also gone up into space for an entirely different purpose. In 1977, the world was abuzz with the Voyager Golden Records...
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The Civil War Gold Hoax: Part 1
One could speculate and theorize the reasons for price fluctuations all day long by checking out our historical price charts for gold. Unfortunately, our charts only date back to our when our company...
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The Civil War Gold Hoax: Part 2
In our previous blog post, we were examining historical moments in gold prices– citing the specific example of the Civil War Gold Hoax. In 1864, an unknown party tricked two New York City newspapers...
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The Gold Man of Pimpri
If today’s gold prices indicate anything, gold is popular all over the world as a store of value, jewelry base, and status symbol. The country of India in particular places a high social value on gold....
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How a Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coin Would Work
Remember the debt-ceiling crisis the US government faced at the beginning of this year? It was a complex fiasco that nearly produced a $1 trillion platinum coin. Here’s why:By hitting the debt ceiling,...
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Russia’s Meteorite Rush
In February, a 10,000 ton meteor exploded over Russian skies. The once-in-a-lifetime light show captured the attention of the entire world. Now, the fallout has attracted the attention of treasure...
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Precious Metal Cars: Fact or Fiction?
Precious metals and cars are not mutually exclusive. There are many stories about a wealthy business person or royal family member sporting a roadster with some non-standard features like a gold leaf...
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Precious Metals in Jewelry Making Part 1: Gold and Karats
When most people think of precious metal jewelry, they imagine a simple piece of metal reshaped into a jewelry design. As Manhattan’s premier precious metals refinery, we can tell you that it’s nowhere...
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Price of Gold Drops to Lowest Level in More Than a Year
Just before trading closed on Friday, April 12, 2013, the price of gold dropped $64 to $1,501 an ounce, which is the lowest it has been in more than a year. Other metals, including silver and copper,...
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Precious Metals in Jewelry Making Part 2: Gold Alloys
In a previous blog post we talked about how adjusting the karat level of gold can affect the qualities in a piece of jewelry. Of course, pure gold is a constant in the science of crafting gold jewelry....
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Precious Metals in Jewelry Making Part 3: Silver Standards
Our last few blog posts went over all of the ways gold is incorporated into jewelry designs. From preparing the precious metal, to forming it into jewelry pieces, the variety of techniques is vast....
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Precious Metals in Jewelry Making Part 4: Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)
So far, the MGS blog has covered the details behind gold and silver usage in the craft of jewelry making. Now, we’ll move on to platinum and palladium – two members of the same class of chemical...
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Phytomining: Can plants really grow gold?
Growing up, we’ve all heard the same lecture from our parents that, “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” But, according to some scientists, gold might. Environmental Geochemist Chris Anderson says that under...
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Tiffany & Co.'s 'New Metal' Creates Controversy Among Metallurgists
To celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2012, Tiffany & Co. released what it boasted to be a new precious metal. A mixture of gold, silver and copper, the collection was trademarked Rubedo, which...
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How the Earth Creates Mineable Gold
Gold is a nonrenewable resource, so most people don’t imagine gold deposits returning to an area once it’s all been mined. However, a recent scientific discovery suggests that gold deposits may really...
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Precious Metals in Jewelry Making Part 5: Palladium’s Rising Popularity
Of all the precious metals we’ve discussed so far, palladium is perhaps the least popular choice for jewelry. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s a poor material. Palladium actually has a lot to offer...
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Grills ‘n’ Gold
Dental professionals are capable of forming and fitting gold teeth for their patients, but there are some special cases where dentists and jewelers team up. Of course, we’re talking about grills....
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MGS Now Offers Certified Gold Bullion for Sale!
Manhattan Gold & Silver is excited to announce a prestigious new business milestone. For the first time in our 30+ years of business, we now are selling our own gold bullion bars to our loyal...
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Gold Parting via Salt Cementation
Silver and gold are perhaps the most iconic pairing of precious metals. The two seem to always be together. Silver and gold always compliment each other in jewelry designs. There are tons of songs...
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Silver and Mirror Making
Everyone knows how important precious metals are in jewelry making. Of course, precious metals are used to make other things, but it seems like they aren’t very prominent. For example, gold plating can...
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