US Mint Posts Last Opportunity for 2011 Silver Dollars, 2010 Silver Sets

The days are officially numbered for 2011 silver dollars, 2010 silver sets and several other United States Mint numismatic products.

This week the United States Mint created a ‘Last Opportunity‘ section on its online store that offers order deadlines for more than a dozen products, including a December 16 end date for all four of this year’s commemorative silver dollars and a sales stoppage of December 30 for the 2010 Silver Proof Set and 2010 ATB Silver Quarters Proof Set. Read More…

US Mint Sales: Commemorative Silver Coins Lead

Weekly sales numbers from the United States Mint revealed the good, the bad, and the ugly. The good were the commemorative silver coins, the sales leaders. The bad were the three America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. And the ugly was a decline made by the 2011-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle.

The total fell for the uncirculated Silver Eagle by a remarkable 11,476. They went from 194,000 prior to the US Mint’s temporary suspension to 182,524 in the latest report. The coins are still unavailable, but given the four silver annual sets returned this week from the same suspension and without a price change, it seems likely that the uncirculated coin and other suspended products will also be available again sooner versus later. Read More…

Canadian 2011 $20 Silver Canoe Commemorative Coin at Face Value

The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) continues its highly successful program of offering a $20 coin at face value with the release of the $20 Silver Canoe Commemorative Coin. If the previous strike of the series is any indicator, collectors will have to move fast to order before it sells out.

This series debuted earlier this year when the Royal Canadian Mint originally offered the $20 Pure Silver Maple Leaf Commemorative Coin. Despite being initially sold only to Canadians, the RCM recorded a sell-out of the entire mintage of 200,000 Maple Leafs in just twenty-nine days. That feat is more impressive when considering that a customer order limit of three was in place. Read More…

Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in September 2011 Rank Second All-Time

American Silver Eagle bullion coins proved to be an example of opposites in September. Sales of the bullion coin were markedly slow in the first two-thirds of the month but sky-rocketed in the remaining days, bringing the total number sold to 4,460,500.

The 4.46+ million in sales qualifies the month as the absolute best September. More astonishing, September entered the record books as the second best month ever for Silver Eagle sales. And that dates back to the coin’s start in 1986. The month ranks immediately behind January which stands at a lofty record height of 6,422,000. Read More…

Glacier, Olympic 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins Scheduled

The United States Mint this week provided the release dates for the Glacier and the Olympic 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins via its "Scheduled Products Listing" online page at www.usmint.gov. According to the Mint, the Glacier uncirculated coin will launch on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, and the Olympic uncirculated coin will be released on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. As a reminder, those dates are subject to change.

The 2011-P America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins will feature Glacier National Park in Montana and Olympic National Park in Washington. A maximum mintage of 35,000 each is anticipated, with a household order limit of five. These details are unofficial, and based solely on the limits set for the Gettysburg coin that was made available last week. Read More…

James Monroe Gold, Clad, and Silver Commemorative Coins Proposed

For a second time, legislation has been introduced that, if passed into law, would authorize the U.S. Mint to strike gold, clad, and silver commemorative coins to honor the fifth President of the United States, James Monroe.

Entitled the James Monroe Commemorative Coin Act and numbered H.R. 2968, the bill was reintroduced by Rep. Rob Wittman, R-VA on September 20, 2011. The legislation is Wittman’s second try following a nearly identical bill, H.R. 4329, that he introduced in December, 2009. Read More…

US Mint Sales: Gettysburg 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Debuts

The first 2011 America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin debuted quite a bit slower than previous issues, but one reason might have more to do with price and intrinsic value than with being the sixth coin of the series.

The collector Gettysburg coin launched Thursday, September 22. Excited fans of the super-sized .999 fine silver coins captured 9,549 of them in the first five days. As a comparison, the Mount Hood opening figure was 14,759 in four days, but recent events could be dampening current sales. Read More…

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