US Mint Sales: Silver Products Improve, 2011 Proof Silver Eagles Lead

Despite a couple of lingering annual set suspensions, the majority of United States Mint silver products acquired larger gains over their previous week’s advances, according to the most recent sales report. Exceptions included the Grand Canyon Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, the Medal of Honor uncirculated dollar, and the 2011 Proof Silver Eagles.

2011 Proof Silver Eagles led the sales pack with an addition of 8,944, but that was down from the 10,593 climb in the prior round. A slowdown was expected though, as its price increased by $8.50 on August 29 to $68.45. They have also been on sale for about nine weeks now, which means many collectors have already made their purchase. At last count, the total amount of proof Silver Eagles sold was 735,865. Read More…

Order Limits Removed for 2010-P Mount Hood 5 Ounce Silver Coins

Order limits for 2010-P Mount Hood National Forest 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins have been removed, the United States Mint online store at http://catalog.usmint.gov/ denotes.

The collector 5 ounce coins were released on July 28, 2011 for $279.95 and originally had one coin per household order limit. Buyers can now order as many of them as they want, although the latest sales figures through to September 2, 2011 indicate 20,094 of the available 27,000 have been purchased. Read More…

NGC Offers New Label for 9/11 Silver Medal

The 2011 September 11 National Medal, otherwise known as the 9/11 silver medal, is getting a unique label from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), according to a press release that was issued last Friday.

The special label is designed specifically for the medal’s holder. It features a portion of the obverse image of the 9/11 silver medal, the side that shows Lady Liberty holding up the Lamp of Remembrance, with a red, white, and blue background of a US flag. Read More…

US Mint Suspends Sales of Silver Sets and Numismatic Gold Coins

The United States Mint on Friday began rolling out a sea of suspensions across its collector products that affected four silver sets and nearly a dozen numismatic gold coins.

Volatility in gold and silver prices was the instigator behind the numismatic product suspensions, according to the United States Mint. In New York on Friday and into after-hours trading, gold prices jumped by more than $57 to rise over $1,887 an ounce while silver prices surged nearly $2 to a high of $43.50 an ounce. The precious metals closed lower than their highs, but still capped huge daily gains. Read More…

Gettysburg National Military Park 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Scheduled

The wait is almost over for the first collector 2011-P 5 ounce silver coin. The Gettysburg National Military Park 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin is scheduled to launch on September 22, 2011, according to the United States Mint’s Product Schedule. As with all of the upcoming dates in the Mint’s product lineup, however, the particular day is subject to change.

The 2011-P Gettysburg coin is the sixth issue in the collector America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin series. The numismatic version is sold directly by the United States Mint to the public and comes encapsulated within a black protective box with a Certificate of Authenticity. The coin is given an uncirculated finish and carries the "P" mint mark representing the Mint production facility in Philadelphia. Read More…

Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in August 2011 Rank as Forth Highest Month

Sales of the American Silver Eagle bullion coins were remarkable in August 2011, racking up numbers good enough to qualify it as the best August ever. And if that was not impressive enough, August sales also catapulted the month to the all-time fourth highest in the history of the U.S. Mint’s American Silver Eagle program.

The United States Mint recorded 3,679,500 of the one-ounce bullion Silver Eagles sold to its network of authorized purchasers in August. That number literally shattered the previous August record established just last year when a very respectable 2,451,000 were ordered. Read More…

US Mint Sales: Grand Canyon 5 Oz Officially Sells Out, Silver Coins Ease

It became official Wednesday, August 31, the United States Mint declared the Grand Canyon Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin "sold out." The coin moved to the Mint’s online “No Longer Available” page in the afternoon. The change seemed belated, since more than 27,000 had been ordered. 154 extra sold in the previous round of sales and another 620 were taken in this round, totaling 27,774 in the newest edition of US Mint sales figures. No waiting list was ever announced for the Grand Canyon issue, unlike the multiple warnings made for the previous Yosemite five ounce coin.

As for other silver coins in the US Mint’s line up, only one came out above its previous weekly sales increase, despite the wild ride that silver took in the precious metals market and all the attention that came with it. The 2011 Medal of Honor uncirculated silver dollar erupted by 1,562 compared to its prior gain of 89. Read More…

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