US Mint Sales: Few Boy Scouts Dollars Left, Silver Eagles Active

The latest United States Mint sales figures for silver numismatic products showed a slower week compared to the prior report, but demand for silver bullion remained high. The reporting period does include the U.S. Memorial Day holiday, which is certainly one reason for weaker numbers.

2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Sets™ were the best selling collector item. Another 17,618 sold and brought the new total to 91,374. The silver sets were introduced on May 27th and are experiencing greater initial interest than last year’s silver quarters set which was at 75,301 after its second week.

2010 Boy Scouts of America Silver Dollars still have not sold out, but they are very close. Only 1,023 were left as of Sunday the 6th. The proof Boy Scouts lost some steam but still picked up 1,854. Last time the gain was 2,381. Their new total was 242,180.

Uncirculated Boy Scout coins, like previous weeks, lost sales. Another 57 were taken away in this round. The most recent total was 106,797. At its highest, the uncirculated reached a total of 107,296 on the weekly Mint report before it started steadily falling each week since May as returns and standby orders were processed. Together, the proof and uncirculated sales totaled 348,977.

2010 Disabled American Veterans Silver Dollars gained 1,236, down from the previous increase of 1,537. Proofs tacked on another 870, while the uncirculated added 366. The Mint has 144,746 dollars left of the total maximum mintage, so a sell out does not seem imminent.

2009 collector sets cooled somewhat, despite the approaching cut-off date. The 18-coin 2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set added another 2,791, which was marginally less upbeat than 2,844 gained at the end of May. The deadline to purchase them will be Tuesday, June 15th at 5:00 pm ET. So far, 690,822 have sold.

The other 2009 set left, the 2009 DC and Territories Quarters Silver Proof Set, sold 707, which was a tiny improvement over the prior 697. The new total 281,758.

For bullion coins, authorized buyers scooped up another 630,500 American Silver Eagles in the last seven days, maintaining a high and steady pace. The previous week’s sales were 645,500. June sales made it to 1,139,500 and the year to date total hit 16,307,000.

The following are the latest silver product sales figures:

US Mint Numismatic Silver Coins Sales

(Sales compare previous to current Mint figures)

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Proof	141,813	142,683	870	0.61%	205,254 of 350,000
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Uncirculated	62,205	62,571	366	0.59%
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Proof	240,326	242,180	1,854	0.77%	348,977 of 350,000
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Uncirculated	106,854	106,797	-57	-0.05%
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	73,756	91,374	17,618	23.89%	none
2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set	688,031	690,822	2,791	0.41%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	281,051	281,758	707	0.25%	none

 

Sunday, June 6, 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	1,139,500
Total	16,307,000

 

Wednesday, June 9 is the "as of date" for the bullion eagle numbers.