Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollar Sales Outpace the Pack

Sales of Star-Spangled Banner silver dollars continued to outpace all of the other U.S. Mint numismatic silver products, the latest sales figures show. Plus, this year’s silver quarters set and the Uncirculated Silver Eagle both beat the Infantry silver dollars during the week’s race.

Garnering 7,476 orders in this round was the proof Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollar. It was a tad more than the previous week’s report, which was 7,237. The next closest star of the silver products was the uncirculated Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollar with a gain of 2,076. At this time, proof sales are outnumbering uncirculated sales by almost 3 times.

The third top seller was the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set. Collectors took in another 1,516 of the sets, bringing its overall sales to 96,801. The  2011-W Uncirculated American Silver Eagle was not far behind with an increase of 1,319. The proof Infantry Soldier Silver Dollar rounded out the top five by jumping by 1,286.

In the bullion market, the Silver Eagles added 320,000 orders from the first few days of April, bringing the 2012 total to 10,459,000.

The following are the latest United States Mint product sales:

U.S. Mint Sales: Silver Coins and Sets for Collectors

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
Proof Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollars	67,313	74,789	7,476	11.11%	500,000*
Uncirculated Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollars	26,739	28,815	2,076	7.76%
Star-Spangled Banner Two-Coin Set	7,479	7,801	322	4.31%
Proof Infantry Soldier Silver Dollars	84,840	86,126	1,286	1.52%	350,000
Uncirculated Infantry Soldier Dollars	36,710	37,378	668	1.82%
Infantry Soldier Defenders of Freedom Set	44,912	45,331	419	0.93%
2011-W Uncirculated American Silver Eagle	279,371	280,690	1,319	0.47%	none
9/11 Medals – W	97,752	97,831	79	0.08%	2 million
9/11 Medals – P	63,529	63,613	84	0.13%
2011 Silver Proof Set	556,101	556,650	549	0.10%	none
2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	95,285	96,801	1,516	1.59%	none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	140,402	140,721	319	0.23%	none
2011-P Gettysburg 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coins	20,768	20,909	141	0.68%	35,000
2011-P Glacier 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coins	17,555	17,666	111	0.63%	35,000
2011-P Olympic 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coins	15,200	15,308	108	0.71%	35,000
2011-P Vicksburg 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coins	14,983	15,139	156	1.04%	35,000
2011-P Chickasaw 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coins	12,866	13,081	215	1.67%	35,000
2011-W Proof Silver Eagle	850,000	850,000	–	0.00%	none

 

Monday, April 2, is the “as of date” for all the United States Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

* The Star-Spangled Banner commemorative products are limited to 100,000 gold coins across all applicable product options, which includes the Two-Coin Set, while the silver coin limit is 500,000.

U.S. Mint Sales: 2012 American Silver Eagle Bullion Coins

January*	6,107,000
February	1,490,000
March	2,542,000
April	320,000
Total	10,459,000

 

*The sales figures include a portion of the 2011-dated Silver Eagle coins. Wednesday, April 4, is the “as of date” for bullion American Silver Eagles.

 

U.S. Mint Sales: 2011 America the Beautiful Bullion Coins

Gettysburg	126,700
Glacier	126,700
Olympic	85,100
Vicksburg	38,300
Chickasaw	28,700
Total	405,500

 

The United States Mint last updated the America the Beautiful bullion coin sales numbers on Monday, March 26, 2012.

Check the US Silver Coin Guide for more information on any of the above U.S. Mint products.