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08/20/2026

Ok folks, I know it's been a while since I've posted analysis for you, but again, you could go all the way back to the firsyou ct post I did on this and you'd have seen all of them after told you we would likely see 55 if 66 didn't hold. Those were in my notes since the highs we had in the 100's. So, why am I posting today?

Because, since falling to 55th, Silver has gone back to what was once support which had flipped to resistance. That is your key number at 66. Today at 67, for the moment, you have broken out over that level by a dollar. If silver can hold any level over 66 for the weekly close on Friday, you are almost certainly going to go back to... Wait for it... Yeah 72. Remember how long we held 72 as a major support line? 66 is what you are trying to turn back into support and what you are trying to break out over, is 72. You should have a strong idea over the next two days how likely that breakout is going to be based on your Friday weekly close. For the moment, it looks likely.

As I've said in the past, you could point to the macros and say, we dropped because of this or ran up because of the war... I didn't know about any of that in November when we plotted out these numbers for you and through the year I told you 55 was in the cards no matter how high we ran. Technical analysis works. If you learn it, you really increase your chances of knowing where the market goes. I wasn't guessing on any of my posts through the years, but if you go back through them, all of these levels were already laid out.

GOLD:
- I literally don't care what the charts say about this. My opinion is banks and major global players can't get enough of it and I believe it will be a major driver in monetary change globally. Check out China's ruling on paper gold. Check out the central banks appetite for the metal.

Q2 2026 Record Surge: Central bank net gold purchases reached an all-time second-quarter high of 289 tonnes. This marked a five-fold acceleration from the revised, lackluster first quarter.

Historical Multi-Year Pace: Over the past four years, official institutions have averaged roughly 1,000 tonnes of gold accumulation annually. This is nearly double the buying pace of the previous decade.Stealth Shift in Global Reserves: Gold now constitutes roughly 24% of global central bank foreign exchange reserves, officially eclipsing U.S. Treasury bonds (23%) for the first time in modern history

The Sovereign Balance: Total global official gold reserves have officially surpassed 40,000 tonnes, climbing near the historic 1965 peak. Non-Western countries own a record 48% of this official-sector bullion.🔎 Leading Sovereign Buyers in 2026Poland: The National Bank of Poland continues its reign as the world's most aggressive official buyer. After adding 102 tonnes in 2025, it secured 82 tonnes in the first half of 2026 alone. Its governor targets eventual reserves of 700 tonnes for "national security reasons"

China: The People's Bank of China has consistently expanded its reserves, executing its largest monthly purchase in years with a 20-tonne addition in July 2026. This extended its official buying streak to 21 consecutive months.

Other Active Nations: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Brazil, and the Czech National Bank have all notched multi-tonne additions to their sovereign vaults throughout 2025 and 2026 to hedge macro volatility.💡

Core Drivers Behind the Sovereign Gold RushDe-Dollarization and Weaponization Fears: Following the 2022 freezing of Russia's foreign reserves, emerging market reserve managers have prioritized un-sanctionable, physical assets. According to Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) data, a record 45% of central banks plan to expand gold holdings, while 74% plan to scale back long-term U.S. dollar exposure.

Geopolitical Risk Hedging: Escalating regional conflicts—specifically multi-front friction involving the U.S., Iran, and Israel—have reinforced gold’s role as the ultimate safe haven. More than 51% of reserve managers list geopolitical risk as their primary motivation for buying bullion.

Repatriation and Domestic Vaulting: Central banks are not just buying more gold; they are changing where they keep it. In response to freezing risks, a growing share of institutions are liquidating overseas storage (such as in New York or London) to store bullion natively inside their own borders.

Over a year, have been off on a call 1 time? I encourage you to read my posts from the past year. See if the key numbers and technical analysis was correct. It wasn't any special ability. The charts always told you what was going to happen.

*Bearish argument for gold is that it could see 3400-3600. Again, I don't care. I want gold at those levels, I want it at the current levels.

*Bearish argument for silver is if it cannot break 72 or hold 66... You will head right back to 55.

08/01/2026

Today, we pause to honor and remember Garry Garrison on the anniversary of his passing.

For so many in the Bloomington community, Garry wasn’t just the founder of D&G Coins, he was a mentor, a friend, and a true cornerstone of our local coin community. He and Brenda poured their hearts into building a space where people could not only collect and trade, but also share stories, learn, and connect.

Before I had the privilege of taking over the shop, I was simply a customer walking through those doors. Like so many of you, I quickly grew to love Garry, Brenda, and their wonderful family. Over time, that bond grew so deep that Brenda practically adopted us into the family and we affectionately call her Mom. The warmth, honesty, and genuine passion Garry brought to his work are exactly what made this place feel like a second home to us.

I will never forget the very first time I came into the shop and met Garry and Brenda together. I had a huge wad of cash and I wanted to panic buy silver. Garry said, he wanted me to slow down and think about what kind of silver I would like to own and what my goals were with buying silver. He wanted to protect me from making hasty decisions and wanted me to learn about metals before just dumping my savings into it. He and Brenda took the time to explain what buying strategy was best for my long term goals. I always appreciated that he got to each and every one of his customers and now that I am on the other side of the counter, I know just how much effort went into all of it.

As the new owners, we feel a profound responsibility to carry on the incredible legacy that Garry built. While the shop has changed hands, the foundation he laid remains entirely unchanged. Every time we flip on the "Open" sign, we are committed to serving this community with the exact same integrity and welcoming spirit that he always did. Naturally, we will never fill his shoes. We can only do our very best.

Our thoughts and deepest love are with Mom and the entire Garrison family today. We invite all of our customers, old and new, to share your favorite memories of Garry in the comments below.

Rest in peace, Garry. You are deeply missed, but your legacy lives on here every single day.

— Derek & Su

07/11/2026

Greetings. Returned from our trip with stomach flu, so trying to rest and hoping to be back this Tuesday. Thank you for your patience.

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07/04/2026

Happy Independence Day! We hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful and safe 250th birthday of this amazing nation!

We are thankful and most appreciative of all of our customers! We are going to take a break after a very long series of weeks since we first opened in October. We will be closed from July 6th - July 9th and will be back to full operations on Friday July 10th.

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06/17/2026

Due to two rounds of severe weather incoming (this morning and then this afternoon / evening), we've made the decision to stay closed today. As you may have known, our home sustained some damage in the last round of storms and because much of the repair work is exposed, we need to safely secure that area and monitor it for what appears to be very high winds in the afternoon. We will be resume operations tomorrow, June 18th.

06/14/2026

Good morning! We are open today! Thank you for your patience as we recovered from the storm.

06/13/2026

Good morning! We will need to be closed 1 more day due to complications from the storm. We absolutely plan to be open tomorrow Sunday June 14th.

06/12/2026

Good morning. The storm has done some damage as well as taking out our internet and power at the home front. Due to these issues, D&G coins will not be open today. We will keep you updated. The shop does have power, but due to the severity of the damage at our home, we cannot be at the shop. Thank you for understanding!

We will keep you updated.

05/15/2026

Good morning! So in our last post, we showed you the blue box that silver had to capture and stay over. It could not hold 88-89. It reached that box and could not turn old resistance into new support.

Now why are we seeing this on a Friday? Remember in past posts when we discussed the importance of Daily, Weekly, and Monthly candle closes? This is your weekly close and the bears were not going to let silver runaway from them on the weekly. Where the weekly candle closes matters immensely.

This chart, starts to layout the same premise of every post we've shared with you since December and here are some levels to watch for with notes. We are near the opening bell today and it appears silver has fallen below 79.

If you are bull, you are not even thinking about 83 today, you are hoping that silver can recapture and hold 79 as a support zone to possibly retry 83 on Monday. If silver does not hold 79, you can count on the bears trying to push for 72 or lower.

Bulls, the mission critical is to hold 79 and avoid a scenario where bearish momentum presses toward 72. You do not want a weekly candle close below 79. That's the ballgame for today.

****VERY IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE****
The COMEX is under 80M ounces, which really heightens the risk of a silver squeeze, so this dip just may be from manipulation and fear from larger institutions. That's a sharp decline from OCT 2025. While the paper prices continue to manipulate price, the vault is getting drained. At some point, there will be no avoiding a critical turning point.

05/13/2026

Good morning! Posting again, because today we do actually have something developing since our post on Monday. So that 88-89 level where the next resistance line is seems to be right where silver is at as of posting time (11AM-CT).

If it rejects from that box, it is likely to retest support at 83. If it breaks out over that box, the key would be holding 91. As mentioned in our Monday post, if that is a spot we hold, 94-96 would be your next stop. Again, if that holds, you will be having a conversation about 105 and 111 right after.

Still a lot of work to do... The main theme for today is... Will old resistance at 88-89 flip into new support. That top blue box is the entire game for now.