US Mint 2011 Silver Commemorative Coins Ending Sales Figures

Sales concluded Friday for United States Mint commemorative coins in clad, silver and gold. The latest Mint data reflects a buying spike due to all of the last minute purchases, but ending sales figures were nowhere near authorized mintage limits.

The US Army silver dollars experienced a combined gain of 2,203 after adding 1,694 in the previous round. The new total hit 163,346 or 32.6% of the maximum mintage allowed by Congress. 119,829 of the coins were proof-quality and 43,517 were uncirculated.

For Medal of Honor silver dollars, a larger surge of sales took place. Collectors scooped up 4,935 in all this week, which was more than the 2,731 jump previously. Between their launch on February 25 and their last day of availability on Friday, 157,619 of the silver dollars sold, or 31.5% of their limit. Broken out, 112,850 of those were proofs and 44,769 were uncirculated strikes.

Not only did these sales not come close to their authorized mintages, but they are among the lowest in modern day commemoratives. As the nearest example, last year’s commemorative coins struck in silver enjoyed much stronger sales. 350,000 of the proof and uncirculated 2010 Boy Scouts silver dollars were ordered, while 267,740 of the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life silver dollars were sold. On the flip side, as the 2011 mintages are so low, their secondary market values are likely to exceed many earlier commemorative coins in future years.

Ending sales across all the options are shown in the following table:

 

*The United States Mint often tweaks sales for coins after they sold out or went off sale. The above chart will be updated with the latest available figures. To keep track of new silver commemorative sales, also visit this site’s silver coin sales page.

In other United States Mint sales news, the America the Beautiful Silver 5 Ounce Bullion Coins also erupted on the sales chart. Both the Vicksburg and the Chickasaw five ounce coins advanced by 1,300 each, while the Olympic bullion climbed by 800. It had been months since the US Mint’s Authorized Purchasers bought so many five ounce coins during the week.

The following are the latest United States Mint product sales figures:

United States Mint Sales: Collector Silver Coins and Sets

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2011-W Uncirculated American Silver Eagle	218,254	222,229	3,975	1.82%	none
9/11 Medals – W	94,792	95,190	398	0.42%	2 Million
9/11 Medals – P	61,443	61,664	221	0.36%
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Proof	109,270	112,850	3,580	3.28%	157,619 of 500,000
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Uncirculated	43,414	44,769	1,355	3.12%
2011 US Army Dollar Proof	117,958	119,829	1,871	1.59%	163,346 of 500,000
2011 US Army Dollar Uncirculated	43,185	43,517	332	0.77%
2011 Silver Proof Set	526,143	532,878	6,735	1.28%	none
2010 Silver Proof Set	579,774	580,845	1,071	0.18%	none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	130,812	132,255	1,443	1.10%	none
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	271,259	271,868	609	0.22%	none
2011-P Olympic 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	9,515	9,929	414	4.35%	35,000
2011-P Glacier 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	13,486	13,676	190	1.41%	35,000
2011-P Gettysburg 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	16,212	16,411	199	1.23%	35,000
2010-P Mount Hood 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	25,942	26,080	138	0.53%	27,000
2010-P Grand Canyon 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	26,019	26,019	–	0.00%	27,000
2010-P Yosemite 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000
2010-P Yellowstone 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000
2010-P Hot Springs 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000
25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Set	100,000	100,000	–	0.00%	100,000
2011-W Proof Silver Eagle	850,000	850,000	–	0.00%	none

 

Monday, December 19, is the "as of date" for all the United States Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

 

2011 America the Beautiful Bullion Coins Sales

Gettysburg	126,700
Glacier	126,700
Olympic	84,100
Vicksburg	33,800
Chickasaw	26,400
Year-to-Date Total	397,700

 

Monday, December 19, is the "as of date" for the America the Beautiful bullion coin sales.

US Mint Bullion Coin Sales: 2011 American Silver Eagle

January*	6,422,000
February	3,240,000
March	2,767,000
April	2,819,000
May	3,653,500
June	3,402,000
July	2,968,000
August	3,679,500
September	4,460,500
October	3,064,000
November	1,384,000
December	1,909,000
Total	39,768,500

 

Wednesday, December 21, is the "as of date" for bullion American Silver Eagles. *The sales figures include 469,500 of the 2010-dated Silver Eagle coins sold this year.

Surcharges for Commemorative Coins

There was a $10 surcharge for each silver dollar sold, as well as $35 for each $5 gold and $5 per clad half dollar. Surcharge proceeds for U.S. Army commemorative coins will be forwarded to the Army Historical Foundation to support the construction of the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The money raised from Medal of Honor commemorative coins will go towards the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation to help finance the educational, scholarship and outreach programs of the Foundation. Final audited mintage numbers for any of the commemoratives will not be available until 2012.