US Mint Sales: Bigger Demand for Mount Hood Silver Coin

Overall, collectors were less active in buying coins following Labor Day Weekend than the prior week, the latest US Mint sales data revealed. The only US Mint numismatic silver product to experience increased demand was the  2010-P Mount Hood National Forest 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin.

After nearly six weeks since the launch of the Mount Hood coin, the United States Mint removed its order limits. The move gave enthusiasts a chance to scoop up as many of the America the Beautiful coins as they wanted, and it doubled Mount Hood’s weekly sales gain from 449 in the prior report to 1,194 in the latest round. The result: 5,712 of the maximum 27,000 mintage remain.

Hurting sales of the oldest US Mint sets still for sale was the suspension of the 2010 Silver Proof Set and 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set. Their sales were halted on Friday, September 2 and resumed on Monday, September 12. The Silver Proof Set actually squeaked out a gain of 13, somehow. The total for the Quarter Silver Proof Set, on the other hand, fell by -52.

Topping the sales chart, as usual, was the 2011 Proof Silver Eagle. It gained 5,081, which was down from 8,944 previously. At last count, the total amount sold was 740,946, or 86% of the sales total achieved by the 2010 Proof Silver Eagles.

The bullion Silver Eagle market exploded once again. After taking a snooze last week with a gain just 175,000, the Eagles erupted by 751,000. The month-to-date sales popped up to 901,000, and the year-to-date sales was just shy of 30 million by only 148,000.

The following are the latest US Mint product sales figures:

US Mint Sales: Collector Silver Coins

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
9/11 Silver Medals – W	98,911	101,259	2,348	2.37%	161,528 of 2,000,000
9/11 Silver Medals – P	58,556	60,269	1,713	2.93%
2010-P Mount Hood 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	20,094	21,288	1,194	5.94%	21,288 of 27,000
2010-P Grand Canyon 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,884	27,831	(53)	-0.19%	27,831 of 27,000
2010-P Yosemite 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2010-P Yellowstone 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2010-P Hot Springs 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Proof	97,572	97,840	268	0.27%	137,044 of 500,000
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Uncirculated	39,150	39,204	54	0.14%
2011 US Army Dollar Proof	109,054	109,271	217	0.20%	150,549 of 500,000
2011 US Army Dollar Uncirculated	41,213	41,278	65	0.16%
2011 US Mint Silver Proof Set	453,443	455,312	1,869	0.41%	none
2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set	572,387	572,400	13	0.00%	none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	113,157	113,816	659	0.58%	none
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	265,536	265,484	(52)	-0.02%	none
2011 Proof Silver Eagles	735,865	740,946	5,081	0.69%	none
2010 Proof Silver Eagles	860,000	860,000	0	0%	none

 

Monday, September 12, is the "as of date" for all the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

 

2011 America the Beautiful Bullion Coins Sales

September	300
Year-to-Date Total	381,200

 

Monday, September 12, is the "as of date" for the America the Beautiful bullion coin sales.

US Mint Sales: 2011 Silver Eagles (Bullion Coins)

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	926,000
Total	29,877,000

 

Wednesday, September 14, is the "as of date" for the bullion American Silver Eagle. *The sales figures include 469,500 of the 2010-dated Silver Eagles sold this year.