US Mint Sales: Silver Eagles Coins and Silver Sets Near Milestones

Silver coins went for a spin in the latest round of United States Mint figures. What was up went down and vice versa: weekly silver sales of bullion coins curbed slightly while numismatic items exceeded prior gains.

The Mint sold 600,000 Silver Eagle coins in the last seven days, but in the previous week 650,000 were sold in six days. The up-side is that the October total of 2.6 million has already worked its way up to be the 6th best month of 2010, and there are still several more days to go. In addition, the year-to-date total passed the 28 million marker and is only 686,000 from reaching 2009’s end of year amount, which was 28,766,500 and an all time high record.

The popular Silver Proof Set made headway on its total. 14,147 were picked up compared to 11,481 in the last round. The new tally was a still little shy of 400,000, but it should easily pass the threshold in the next few days. It rung in at 398,055.

The next best seller, the America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set, outperformed its prior weekly sales too. It jumped ahead 2,788 versus 2,522. Overall, it was also hanging just under a milestone, the 200,000 marker. Its year-to-date figure winded up at 198,533.

American Veterans Disabled for Life silver dollars were boosted higher as well. 1,800 proofs and 530 uncirculated coins were sold, compared to 1,237 and 457 previously. Altogether, the commemoratives made it to 69.7 percent of the maximum allowed mintage set by Congress.

The only item that lagged was the 2009 DC & US Territories Silver Quarters Proof Set. It brought in 1,236 versus 1,726. Still, the weekly gain was better than any weekly increase that occurred in August or September. As for its next achievement, 300,000 in sales, that will have to wait like the other silver items. Its total landed at 298,562.

The following are the latest silver product sales figures:

US Mint Numismatic Silver Coins Sales

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Proof	171,094	172,894	1,800	1.05%	244,030 of 350,000
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Uncirculated	70,606	71,136	530	0.75%
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Proof	245,000	245,000	0	0.00%	350,000 of 350,000
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Uncirculated	105,000	105,000	0	0.00%
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	195,745	198,533	2,788	1.42%	none
2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set	383,908	398,055	14,147	3.68%	none
2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set	694,406	694,406	0	0.00%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	297,326	298,562	1,236	0.42%	none

 

Sunday, October 24, 2010 is the "as of date" for the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

2010 American Silver Eagle Bullion Sales

January	3,592,500
February	2,050,000
March	3,381,000
April	2,507,500
May	3,636,500
June	3,001,000
July	2,981,000
August	2,451,000
September	1,880,000
October	2,600,000
Total	28,080,500

 

Tuesday, October 26 is the "as of date" for the bullion eagle numbers.

The next item to be added to the charts will be the 2010 Proof Silver Eagles. They will debut on November 19.