Yosemite Coin Wait List Returns, Proof Silver Eagle Sales Soar

Collectors ordered the final Yosemite National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins in the last few days, per the United States Mint’s recently reinstated wait list notice on its online ordering page.

The wait list had inadvertently appeared once before, but the Mint removed it last week along with Yosemite coin ordering limits. The move must have caused a stir, since another 1,402 sold in seven days, leaving just 260 available as of Monday, July 18.

The waiting list notice is meant to indicate the maximum number of orders have been taken, which in the case of the Yosemite coin was 27,000. All additional orders will go on a waiting list. If the uncirculated coin becomes available due to an order cancellation, then it can still be sold using the first-in, first-served order basis.

The availability of the Grand Canyon coin continued to be whittled away as well. The latest US Mint’s sales figures revealed 1,192 more were picked up, meaning 4,974 were left.

But neither of those coins were the hottest sellers. The numismatic product to make the biggest splash during the past week was the 2011 Proof Silver Eagle coin, again. Sales increased by 52,050 and outperformed last week’s jump of 40,368. The latest advance pushed the Proof Silver Eagle total up to 460,041.

Sales of bullion Silver Eagle soared too. Authorized buyers took in 856,000 since last Wednesday, up from 727,500 in the last round. The total for July did not clear 2 million though, as it rested at 1,969,500. Annual sales winded up at 24,273,000.

The following are the latest US Mint product sales figures:

US Mint Sales: Numismatic Coins

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
9/11 Silver Medal – W	39,690	41,459	1,769	4.46%	65,154 of 2,000,000
9/11 Silver Medal – P	22,535	23,695	1,160	5.15%
2010-P Grand Canyon Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	20,834	22,026	1,192	5.72%	22,026 of 27,000
2010-P Yosemite Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	25,338	26,740	1,402	5.53%	26,740 of 27,000
2010-P Yellowstone Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2010-P Hot Springs Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	–	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Proof	93,548	94,160	612	0.65%	130,667 of 500,000
2011 Medal of Honor Dollar Uncirculated	36,046	36,507	461	1.28%
2011 US Army Dollar Proof	106,190	106,529	339	0.32%	147,034 of 500,000
2011 US Army Dollar Uncirculated	40,422	40,505	83	0.21%
2011 US Mint Silver Proof Set	429,657	432,656	2,999	0.70%	none
2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set	568,823	569,206	383	0.07%	none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	101,960	103,116	1,156	1.13%	none
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	256,950	258,042	1,092	0.42%	none
2011 Proof Silver Eagle	407,991	460,041	52,050	12.76%	none
2010 Proof Silver Eagle	860,000	860,000	0	0%	none

 

Monday, July 18, is the "as of date" for all the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

US Mint Sales: 2011 Silver Eagle Bullion Coins

January*	6,422,000
February	3,240,000
March	2,767,000
April	2,819,000
May	3,653,500
June	3,402,000
July	1,969,500
Total	24,273,000

 

Wednesday, July 20, is the "as of date" for the bullion American Silver Eagle. *The sales figures include 469,500 of the 2010-dated Silver Eagles sold this year.

2011 America the Beautiful Bullion Coins Sales

 

Monday, July 11, is the "as of date" for the America the Beautiful bullion coin sales.