Inaugural Hawaii Volcanoes 5 Ounce Silver Coin Sales Surge

October 4, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

The fall season kicked off with the debut of the numismatic 2012-P Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin. Its inaugural sales reached 9,186 units.

Numismatic 2012-P Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 5 Ounce Silver Coin

Debut sales of the numismatic 2012-P Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 5 Ounce Silver Coin easily outshined prior 2012-dated releases

Although lower than weekly sales for the much older and always popular 2012-W Proof Silver Eagle, the Hawaii Volcanoes silver coin overshadowed previous five ounce sales openers.

Released from the U.S. Mint on September 24, the collector Hawaii Volcanoes silver coin impressively drew more initial orders than all three prior 2012-dated five ounce issues. Below is the list with their opening numbers in the first week.

  • 2012-P Acadia National Park hit 6,552 in August
  • 2012-P Chaco Culture National Historical Park earned 6,365
  • 2012-P El Yunque National Forest attained 6,514

Collectors who decided to wait to make their purchases of numismatic America the Beautiful Silver Uncirculated Coins will now have to pay $25 more because silver product sales were halted on Wednesday, October 3, so that the Mint could raise coin prices. The difference between the coins’ melt value and U.S. Mint price had steadily shrunk to the point that triggered the increase. When sales resume, the five ounce silver coins will be $229.95 each.

As for the leader in sales, silver enthusiasts picked up 12,133 of the one ounce 2012-W Proof Silver Eagle coins during the week, which was down from 31,964 in the prior round. It may have been the debut of the five ounce .999 fine silver piece that curbed some activity. Its price is also going up, by $5.

In bullion news, 200 of the investment-grade 2012-P Chaco Culture National Historical Park 5 Ounce Silver Bullion Coins and 30,000 of American Silver Eagle bullion coins were bought at the close of September by the U.S. Mint’s network of Authorized Purchasers since the last report. As for October, either the buying activity has not started yet, or the numbers have not been updated by the Mint, because sales are zero for the month.

The following are the latest United States Mint numismatic product sales:

US Mint Sales: Silver Coin Products for Collectors

  Previous Sales New Sales Unit Increase % Increase Mintage Limit
2012-S Silver Eagle Two-Coin Set 251,302 251,302 0 0.00% none
2012 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set 7,358 8,091 733 9.96% none
Making American History Coin and Currency Set 40,357 41,545 1,188 2.94% 100,000
2012-W Proof Silver Eagles 733,255 745,388 12,133 1.65% none
2012-W Uncirculated Silver Eagles 142,266 144,230 1,964 1.38% none
2011-W Uncirculated Silver Eagles 302,314 303,044 730 0.24% none
2012 Silver Proof Sets 300,945 304,977 4,032 1.34% none
2011 Silver Proof Sets 567,141 567,296 155 0.03% none
Proof Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollar 105,451 105,714 263 0.25% 500,000
Uncirculated Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollar 38,298 38,353 55 0.14%
Star-Spangled Banner Two-Coin Set 10,783 10,810 27 0.25%
Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial Silver Set 28,585 28,733 148 0.52%
Proof Infantry Soldier Silver Dollar 101,245 101,585 340 0.34% 350,000
Uncirculated Infantry Soldier Silver Dollar 41,706 41,966 260 0.62%
Infantry Soldier Silver Dollar Defenders of Freedom Set 44,475 44,574 99 0.22%
2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ 127,109 127,595 486 0.38% none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ 144,946 145,069 123 0.08% none
2012-P Hawaii Volcanoes 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin   9,186 9,186   25,000
2012-P Acadia 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 10,560 11,206 646 6.12% 25,000 
2012-P Chaco Culture 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 10,986 11,332 346 3.15% 25,000 
2012-P El Yunque 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 13,774 14,113 339 2.46% 25,000
2011-P Gettysburg 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 23,598 23,790 192 0.81% 35,000
2011-P Glacier 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 19,695 19,819 124 0.63% 35,000
2011-P Olympic 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 17,253 17,353 100 0.58% 35,000
2011-P Vicksburg 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 17,408 17,525 117 0.67% 35,000
2011-P Chickasaw 5 Ounce Uncirculated Silver Coin 15,666 15,767 101 0.64% 35,000
9/11 Silver Medal – W 105,441 105,545 104 0.10% 2 million
9/11 Silver Medal – P 66,362 66,405 43 0.06%

 

Monday, October 1, is the as of date for the United States Mint numismatic silver coin product sales above.

The Star-Spangled Banner commemorative products are limited to 100,000 gold coins across all applicable product options, which includes the Two-Coin Set, while the silver coin limit is 500,000.

US Mint Sales: 2012 Bullion American Silver Eagle Coin

January* 6,107,000
February 1,490,000
March 2,542,000
April 1,520,000
May 2,875,000
June 2,858,000
July 2,278,000
August 2,870,000
September 3,255,000
October 0
Total 25,795,000

 

*These coin figures include a portion of the 2011-dated Silver Eagle. Wednesday, October 3, is the as of date for bullion Eagles.

US Mint Sales: 2011-2012 America the Beautiful Bullion Silver Coins

Gettysburg 126,700
Glacier 126,700
Olympic 85,900
Vicksburg 39,500
Chickasaw 29,700
El Yunque 17,900
Chaco Culture 17,200
Acadia 18,000
Hawaii Volcanoes 10,400

 

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