Silver Proof Sets Jump, US Eagles Score 2nd Best Month in 2009

July 29, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

US Mint silver coin sales stats Silver coin news of the week is the smashing success for 2009 Silver Proof Sets and bullion 2009 American Silver Eagle Coins. The latter passed 16 million this year — 16,409,500 to be exact!

With July not yet over, silver eagles have already entered the record book for the second best month in 2009 with a total of 2,585,000 sold. (February leads with 3,132,000.)

From a Wednesday (7/22) to Wednesday (7/29) standpoint, the US Mint sold 560,000 more silver eagles to its authorized purchasers compared to 400,000 between the Wednesday’s of 7/15 and 7/22.

2009 Silver Proof Sets continue to march forward at a brisk pace. From their launch on Friday, July 17, through to Sunday, July 29, a total of 350,572 have been ordered by collectors. 79,200 more were purchased since the last report.

The following two table have the latest US Mint stats for collector silver coins and sets and bullion silver eagles.

U.S. Mint Silver Collector Coin Sales Stats

(Sales compare previous to current Mint figures)

 
Previous Sales
New Sales
Unit Increase
% Increase
Mintage Limit
2008 American Eagle Silver Dollar Proof*
713,353
713,353
0
0.00%
none
2008 American Eagle Silver Dollar Uncirculated*
444,558
444,558
0
0.00%
none
2009 Lincoln Silver Proof* 325,000 325,000 0 0.00%
500,000
2009 Lincoln Silver Uncirculated* 125,000 125,000 0 0.00%
2009 Braille Silver Proof 114,734 115,515 781 0.68% 400,000
2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated 43,134 43,320 186 0.43%
Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule 18,464 18,579 115 0.62%
2009 Silver Proof Set 271,372 350,572 79,200 29.19% none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set 214,977 218,387 3,410 1.59% none
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set 70,362 71,173 811 1.15%
none
2008 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set* 774,874 774,874 0 0.0%
none

 

*Coin products with an asterisk are no longer available. Sunday, July 26, is the "as of date" for the most recent US Mint collector coin figures shown above.

American Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in July

July 6
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
275,000
650,000
1,625,000
2,025,000
2,585,000

 

The previous reported sales figures are located at Silver Coins Climb, Bullion Eagles Pass 15.8M. The Silver Coins Today tool page Mint Prices & Sales has been updated with the latest Mint numbers.

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