Silver Proof Sets Jump, US Eagles Score 2nd Best Month in 2009

Silver coin news of the week is the smashing success for 2009 Silver Proof Sets and bullion 2009 American Silver Eagle Coins. The latter passed 16 million this year — 16,409,500 to be exact!

With July not yet over, silver eagles have already entered the record book for the second best month in 2009 with a total of 2,585,000 sold. (February leads with 3,132,000.)

From a Wednesday (7/22) to Wednesday (7/29) standpoint, the US Mint sold 560,000 more silver eagles to its authorized purchasers compared to 400,000 between the Wednesday’s of 7/15 and 7/22.

2009 Silver Proof Sets continue to march forward at a brisk pace. From their launch on Friday, July 17, through to Sunday, July 29, a total of 350,572 have been ordered by collectors. 79,200 more were purchased since the last report.

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	114,734	115,515	781	0.68%	400,000
2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated	43,134	43,320	186	0.43%
Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule	18,464	18,579	115	0.62%
2009 Silver Proof Set	271,372	350,572	79,200	29.19%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	214,977	218,387	3,410	1.59%	none
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	70,362	71,173	811	1.15%	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, July 26, is the "as of date" for the most recent US Mint collector coin figures shown above.

American Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in July

July 6	July 8	July 15	July 22	July 29
275,000	650,000	1,625,000	2,025,000	2,585,000

 

The previous reported sales figures are located at Silver Coins Climb, Bullion Eagles Pass 15.8M. The Silver Coins Today tool page Mint Prices & Sales has been updated with the latest Mint numbers.