US Mint Sales: Commemorative Silver Coins Lead

Weekly sales numbers from the United States Mint revealed the good, the bad, and the ugly. The good were the commemorative silver coins, the sales leaders. The bad were the three America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. And the ugly was a decline made by the 2011-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle.

The total fell for the uncirculated Silver Eagle by a remarkable 11,476. They went from 194,000 prior to the US Mint’s temporary suspension to 182,524 in the latest report. The coins are still unavailable, but given the four silver annual sets returned this week from the same suspension and without a price change, it seems likely that the uncirculated coin and other suspended products will also be available again sooner versus later.

The still suspended proof Silver Eagle and numismatic America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins also had their totals cut, as shown in the tables below.

Demand did rise modesty for each of the commemorative silver coins. The proof and uncirculated Medal of Honor commemorative silver coins advanced 538 and 123, respectively, versus their previous pick-ups of 326 and 94. Also, the proof and uncirculated U.S. Army commemorative silver coins climbed 435 and 81, respectively, against their previous 278 and 75.

Demand for the bullion American Silver Eagle, on the other hand, has been out of this world. September ended up with the second highest monthly sales record, and October has gotten off to a quick start at 1,012,000 in five days. Their latest year-to-date sales total is 34,423,500, or 239,000 behind 2010’s record of 34,662,500.

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
2011 American Silver Eagle Uncirculated	194,000	182,524	(11,476)	-5.92%	none
9/11 Medals – W	99,941	100,574	633	0.63%	162,437 of 2,000,000
9/11 Medals – P	61,401	61,863	462	0.75%
2011-P Gettysburg 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	9,549	9,043	(506)	-5.30%	9,043 of 35,000
2010-P Mount Hood 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	22,452	22,422	(30)	-0.13%	22,422 of 27,000
2010-P Grand Canyon 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	27,564	27,513	(51)	-0.19%	27,513 of 27,000
2010-P Yosemite 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2010-P Yellowstone 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2010-P Hot Springs 5 Ounce Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Proof	98,394	98,932	538	0.55%	138,437 of 500,000
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Uncirculated	39,382	39,505	123	0.31%
2011 US Army Dollar Proof	109,764	110,199	435	0.40%	151,719 of 500,000
2011 US Army Dollar Uncirculated	41,439	41,520	81	0.20%
2011 US Mint Silver Proof Set	461,584	461,766	182	0.04%	none
2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set	573,269	573,620	351	0.06%	none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	115,667	115,695	28	0.02%	none
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	266,900	266,904	4	0.00%	none
2011 Proof Silver Eagle	752,681	752,103	(578)	-0.08%	none

 

Monday, October 3, is the "as of date" for all the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

 

2011 America the Beautiful Bullion Coins Sales

October	2,800
Year-to-Date Total	386,600

 

Monday, October 3, is the "as of date" for the America the Beautiful bullion coin sales.

US Mint Sales: 2011 American Silver Eagle 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	4,460,500
October	1,012,000
Total	34,423,500

 

Wednesday, October 5, 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.

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