US Mint Silver Coin Sales Figures: Coinage Lower; Eagles Higher

Bullion American Silver Eagles earn the headline news as the biggest selling US Mint coin, and they have for several weeks.

July silver eagles sales closed impressively high. In fact, the month was the best July in history with 2.8 million eagles sold. August looks to be starting just as strong. 200,000 are already on the Mint books as out the door and 425,000 were purchased in the last seven days. The silver eagle tally is now up at 16,834,500.

The rest of the US Mint silver products were less rosy in the seven sales days ended Sunday, August 2. Demand was modestly lower. The gem in the bunch was the 2009 Silver Proof set. 35,167 more were snapped up by collectors, bringing the total since July 17 to 385,739.

The following two table have the latest US Mint stats for collector silver coins and sets and bullion silver eagles.

U.S. Mint Silver Collector Coin Sales Stats

(Sales compare previous to current Mint figures)

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2008 American Eagle Silver Dollar Proof*	713,353	713,353	0	0.00%	none
2008 American Eagle Silver Dollar Uncirculated*	444,558	444,558	0	0.00%	none
2009 Lincoln Silver Proof*	325,000	325,000	0	0.00%	500,000
2009 Lincoln Silver Uncirculated*	125,000	125,000	0	0.00%
2009 Braille Silver Proof	115,515	116,121	606	0.52%	400,000
2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated	43,320	43,491	171	0.39%
Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule	18,579	18,687	108	0.58%
2009 Silver Proof Set	350,572	385,739	35,167	10.03%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	218,387	220,613	2,226	1.02%	none
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	71,173	71,818	645	0.91%	none
2008 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set*	774,874	774,874	0	0.0%	none

 

*Coin products with an asterisk are no longer available. Sunday, August 2, is the "as of date" for the most recent US Mint collector coin figures shown above.

American Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in August

Aug 5	Aug 12	Aug 19	Aug 26
200,000	–	–	–

 

The previous reported sales figures are located at Silver Proof Sets Jump, US Eagles Score. The Silver Coins Today tool page Mint Prices & Sales has been updated with the latest Mint numbers.