Olympic 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Sales Begin at 8,662

The 2011-P Olympic 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin debuted last week and sparked greater collector activity for other United States Mint silver products. Every available item saw increases over the prior week’s gains.

The biggest mover, though, was not the new Olympic uncirculated coin. It was the 2011 Silver Proof Set. It racked in another 9,608 orders which pushed its total sales to 517,309. In order to reach the level attained by the 2010 issue, after collectors bought 791 more in this round, this year’s set will still have to rise by more than an additional 61,000. Read More…

Australian Proof Silver Coin Celebrates Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Proof Silver Coin has been released by the Perth Mint of Australia (http://www.perthmint.com.au/) to celebrate the sixty-year reign of Her Majesty The Queen. Each coin is struck from one ounce of 99.9% pure silver and features a colorized reverse emblematic of a famous painting of the Queen from her early days as the reigning monarch.

The silver coin is available for a limited time from the Perth Mint for AUS $97.27. The strikes feature an extremely limited mintage of 7,500. Read More…

Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in November Rank Last in 2011

Sales dropped sharply in November for the American Silver Eagle bullion coin. In fact, it was the worst sales month so far for the year and, further, the slowest since July 2008. United States Mint authorized purchasers ordered 1,384,000, a level that was down 49.98% from March which had been the slowest.

Although November is now the weakest month in 2011, it still managed to rank 66th overall on a monthly basis — not bad for a series which debuted in 1986. And the bullion coin ended up as 5th best when compared solely to past Novembers. Its fall from the same period last year was 67.51% — a tough month to compare against, as November 2010 remains the best ever November and the third best month all-time with total sales of 4,260,000. Read More…

US Mint Sales: 2011 Silver Eagle Uncirculated Coin Nears Milestone

Another sales milestone is close for a popular United States Mint silver product. 199,848 orders have been placed for the 2011 Silver Eagle uncirculated coin between its launch on September 15 and November 28, leaving the coin’s total just 152 away from an even 200,000.

The latest US Mint weekly sales report showed buyers scooped up 5,142 of the uncirculated coin, which was higher than the 2,784 purchased in the prior week. It had been more than a month since the last time over 5,000 were bought in a single week.

Still, the uncirculated Eagle’s 2011 tally is much lower than the number sold in 2008. Back then, the coin was only $19.95 and 436,702 coins sold. Today the price is $50.95. The US Mint did not produce a Silver Eagle uncirculated coin in 2009 or 2010. Read More…

2011-P Olympic 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Available

The United States Mint released its 2011-P Olympic National Park 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Noon (Eastern Time). The coin is the third release this year and the eighth in the Mint’s America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins™ series.

Listed for $229.95, the Olympic silver uncirculated coin is at the same price point as three others in the series which are still available — the 2010 Mount Hood National Forest Silver Uncirculated Coin, the 2011 Gettysburg National Military Park Silver Uncirculated Coin and the 2011 Glacier National Park Silver Uncirculated Coin. According to the latest Mint figures as of November 21, Mount Hood’s sales stand at 25,471, Gettysburg’s are at 15,463 and Glacier’s are at 12,574. Read More…

No Black Friday Deals for Proof Silver Eagles or Anniversary Sets

Buyers found no Black Friday deals when it came to recently sold out proof Silver Eagles or 25th American Silver Eagle Anniversary Sets.

With United States Mint sellouts occurring Tuesday, November 22, for the 2011-W American Silver Eagle Proof Coin and on the day of their release, October 27, for the anniversary sets, demand continues to dictate top secondary market prices for these products.

The 100,000 anniversary sets sold by the Mint each went for $299.95. eBay showed nearly 800 auction listings Friday morning when querying the site by the keywords "25th anniversary silver eagle set." Presented results included an array of options from complete sets, to broken out individual coins, to graded and ungraded and more. Read More…

US Mint Sales: 2011 Silver Proof Set Tops 500,000

The latest sales figures brought to light another major milestone of a popular United States Mint silver product. After collectors purchased 6,687 of the 2011 Silver Proof Set last week, its total passed the 500,000 milestone.

Year-to-date sales numbers for the Silver Proof Set wound up at 500,395 as of Monday, November 21.
This year’s set, currently priced at $67.95 by the Mint, went on sale on January 25, 2011 and has been solidly popular. Its weekly sales gains have been high for the last month, averaging above 5,000. The 2010 Silver Proof Set, also still available through the United States Mint website (http://www.usmint.gov) but at a lower $64.95 price, had its weekly sales rise 674 and sits with a total of 577,428. It has been available since August 26, 2010. Read More…

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