US Silver Coin Sales Stats – May 6

Demand for silver coins and sets dipped slightly compared to last week's report, and according to the newest US Mint sales data.

The story is still about Braille Silver Dollars. More than one third of the possible 400,000 have now been sold. And while the latest numbers don't compare to the prior week's extremely impressive tallies, new sales still picked up for each option by about 16 percent.

145,308 of the coins are now listed as sold, with 20,306 more added. Not bad at all for seven days of sales. Again, these figures don't measure up to those toward the beginning or end of April, but the Mint isn't likely complaining.

Sales of 2009 DC & US Territories Silver Proof Sets jumped by 9,926, or 8.99 percent. A total of 120, 337 have now been purchased by collectors.

Here are the latest numbers:

U.S. Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats

(Sales figures compare previous to current Mint sales reports)

	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	78,430	91,123	12,693	16.18%	400,000
2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated	32,159	37,252	5,093	15.84%
Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule	14,413	16,933	2,520	17.48%
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	110,411	120,337	9,926	8.99%
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	60,630	62,162	1,532	2.53%	none
2008 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set	747,534	749,578	2,044	0.27%	none

*Coin products with an asterisk are no longer available.

The previous reported sales figures are located at US Silver Coin Sales Figures - Apr 30.

As a reminder, Lincoln Silver Dollar figures remain unchanged for the fourth straight week. The maximum amount of individual coins have sold out, leaving 50,000 proof coins reserved for the special 5-coin set coming later this year. As yet another reminder, the collector 2009 silver eagles are still suspended.

The Silver Coins Today tool page Mint Prices & Sales has been updated with the latest Mint sales figures.

Visit the CoinNews collector tool page Mint Price Guide for tables of common collector gold and platinum coin stats, or First Spouse Coin Sales for coin stats of the First Ladies.

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