US Mint Sales: Silver Eagles New Milestones and Records

Silver Eagles had a big week. Not only did the collector 2010 Proof Silver Eagles launch with high demand, per the most recent US Mint sales figures, but the bullion Silver Eagles soared to new highs.

Bullion Silver Eagles hit new milestones while maintaining a hot pace in November. US Mint Authorized Purchasers took another 1,410,000 over the last six days to move November’s total to 3,875,000. Even though more than a week is left in the month, that total passed the highest selling month record of 3,696,000, which was set in December 1986.

The bullion’s year-to-date total, another historic new record for the series, cruised up to 32,505,500. Plus, when looking at the 2010 Silver Eagle mintage, one more record was broken. After subtracting out the 367,500 which came from the 2009 dated Silver Eagles that sold until January 12, 2010, the reported mintage for the 2010 dated Silver Eagle is 32,138,000. Last year’s SIlver Eagle mintage previously held the record at 30,459,000.

As for the 2010 Silver Eagle Proof that went on sale Friday, November 19, collectors bought 273,212 of them during their three-day debut sales. That easily topped the previous opening performance of the 2008 Silver Eagle Proof which came in at 185,232 during the first four days.

The second most popular numismatic silver item was the 2010 Silver Proof Set, with sales of 15,746.

Collectors also picked up 2,533 of the Veterans Disabled for Life dollars. Broken out, 1,809 of them were proofs and 724 were uncirculated. Their new total hit 255,108 or 72.88 percent of their maximum mintage. Right now, 19 days are left until the deadline of December 13, 2010 for orders, if not all 350,000 are sold before that date.

The following are the latest silver product sales figures (see SilverCoinsToday.com’s silver coins sales page for always updated numbers):

US Mint Numismatic Silver Coins Sales

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2010 Proof American Silver Eagles		273,212	273,212	100%	none
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Proof	179,601	181,410	1,809	1.01%	255,108 of 350,000
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Uncirculated	72,974	73,698	724	0.99%
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Proof	245,000	245,000	0	0.00%	350,000 of 350,000
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Uncirculated	105,000	105,000	0	0.00%
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	206,939	210,497	3,558	1.72%	none
2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set	428,968	444,714	15,746	3.67%	none
2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set	694,406	694,406	0	0.00%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	299,151	299,169	18	0.01%	none

 

Sunday, November 21, 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	3,001,000
July	2,981,000
August	2,451,000
September	1,880,000
October	3,150,000
November	3,875,000
Total	32,505,500

 

Tuesday, November 23 is the "as of date" for the bullion eagle numbers.