US Mint Sales – 2010 Boy Scouts Silver Coins Fall, Quarters Set Tops 100K

As sales for newly released items cooled from their launch, a spike for a few older silver numismatic products occurred. In other silver coins news, American Silver Eagle bullion demand abated slightly, the latest United States Mint sales report showed.

2010 Boy Scouts of America Silver Dollar coins lost some ground. They are still at 99%+ of their total allotted 350,000 mintage, but their total fell from last week’s reported 348,977 to 348,800 for a loss of 177. In the previous report there were 1,023 left. 1,200 were available as of Sunday. Proof Boy Scouts added 1,668 and moved their total to 243,800. The sold out uncirculated BSA silver coin, on the other hand, declined 1,797 and their total fell to 105,000. Given the even number, the U.S. Mint may have completed their adjustments for returns, cancellations, etc.

The 2010 Disabled American Veterans Silver Dollars found more clout, gaining 2,248 compared to the prior 1,236. The proofs are still advancing more than twice as fast with 144,302 scooped up versus the uncirculated version’s 63,200.

The top selling numismatic product, the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™, continue to show strength in their two plus weeks of availability. A weekly gain of 13,802 brought the new total to 105,176. The sets are still sliding, which is natural, from their launch on May 27th and the debuting sales total of 73,756. Last week’s report had their increase at 17,618.

2009 silver proof sets were split. The 2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set improved 3,584 versus the prior 2,791. Tuesday was the deadline to purchase them, which will make it interesting to see if the Mint will publish a final total next week that is more than the current 694,406, or whether collectors will have to wait until audited figures appear in 2011.

Demand for the 2009 DC and Territories Quarters Silver Proof Set eased a little. 687 were added compared to the prior 707. The new total was 282,445. The Mint did not take them off the shelves when they started selling the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Sets™, nor did they stop offering them when they ended the 18-coin 2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set yesterday. It is still listed for sale on the Mint’s web site today.

For bullion coins, American Silver Eagle demand slowed slightly. Another 585,000 were added to June’s mid-month figures, which made it to 1,724,500. The previous week’s sales were up 630,500. The year to date total hit 16,892,000. Looking back at mid-month June of 2009, the Mint had sold 13,024,500 by June 17.

The following are the latest silver product sales figures:

US Mint Numismatic Silver Coins Sales

(Sales compare previous to current Mint figures)

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Proof	142,683	144,302	1,619	1.13%	207,502 of 350,000
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Uncirculated	62,571	63,200	629	1.01%
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Proof	242,180	243,800	1,620	0.67%	348,800 of 350,000
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Uncirculated	106,797	105,000	-1,797	-1.68%
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	91,374	105,176	13,802	15.10%	none
2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set	690,822	694,406	3,584	0.52%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	281,758	282,445	687	0.24%	none

 

Sunday, June 13, 2010 is the "as of date" for the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

2010 American Silver Eagle Bullion Sales

January	3,592,500
February	2,050,000
March	3,381,000
April	2,507,500
May	3,636,500
June	1,724,500
Total	16,892,000

 

Wednesday, June 16 is the "as of date" for the bullion eagle numbers.