US Mint Weekly Sales: Silver Eagles Rise 475K, Silver Proof Sets Gain 17.3K

August 19, 2009 by Darrin Lee Unser

US Mint silver coin sales stats It was another strong week for at least two US mint silver coin products. American Silver Eagles shined and the 18-coin Silver Proof Set commanded coin collector's attention.

In another huge weekly leap, Bullion American Silver Eagles jumped 475,000. That follows last week's impressive 430,00 gain. The tally for August is up to 1,105,000, and the total for 2009 is now at 17,739,500. These are record-setting paces.

For collector coins and sets, the 2009 Silver Proof Set remains the leader. The US Mint sold 17,277 more since the last report when an additional 20,716 had been purchased. 423,732 is the new total.

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%	500,000
2009 Braille Silver Proof	116,744	117,374	630	0.54%	400,000
2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated	43,643	43,836	193	0.44%
Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule	18,786	18,908	122	0.65%
2009 Silver Proof Set	406,455	423,732	17,277	4.25%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	222,364	224,011	1,647	0.74%	none
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	72,550	73,409	859	1.18%	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 16, 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	630,000	1,105,000	-

The previous reported sales figures are located at Mint Sales Silver Eagles Pass 17.2 Million. The Silver Coins Today tool page Mint Prices & Sales has been updated with the latest Mint numbers.

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