Reeking of desperation ...'they' are now buying up all the gold that can be bought, borrowed, begged for or stolen.Probably eyeing (nudging) Italy on the premise their gold will be for sale.
As for silver; operating on fumes I guess..
Bullion Star's J.P. Koning today explains the decline of silver coins around the world as the gradually rising price of the monetary metal overtook imprinted valuations and invited melting coins back into bullion. Koning's report is headlined "Where Did All the Silver Coins Go?" and it's posted at Bullion Star here:
https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/jp-koning/where-did-all-the-silver-coi...
Another 8 tonnes of gold taken from Venezuela's central bank for sale, Reuters says
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2019-04-09 23:48. Section: Daily Dispatches
By Mayela Armas
Reuters
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
CARACAS -- Venezuela removed eight tonnes of gold from the central bank's vaults last week, and the cash-strapped socialist state is expected to sell the bullion abroad as it seeks to raise hard currency in the face of U.S. sanctions, a lawmaker and one government source said.