US Mint Sales: 2010 Silver Eagles Start Strong

Similar to last week, two of three US Mint numismatic silver products declined in demand, but the newly released bullion 2010 American Silver Eagle Coins enjoyed spectacular sales.

Of the remaining three silver sets still sold by the United States Mint, only the 2009 Silver Proof Set improved as compared to their prior weekly gain, climbing 4,560 against 4,118. The sets have reached 650,453 since their release on July 17, 2009.

The Mint began selling bullion 2010-dated Silver Eagles on Tuesday. By Wednesday, an impressive 2,480,000 were scooped up by authorized dealers. Since 367,500 of the 2009 silver coins were bought before they sold out on Jan. 12, the monthly eagle total now stands at 2,847,500.

Aside from the bullion eagles, silver coins for 2010 have not yet been issued. Most of the 2009 silver coin products are either sold out or no longer available, as the following tables of sales highlights.

US Mint Collector Silver Coins Sales

(Sales compare previous to current Mint figures)

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2009 Lincoln Silver Proof*	325,000	0	0	0.00%	500,000
2009 Lincoln Silver Uncirculated*	125,000	0	0	0.00%
Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set*	50,000	0	0	0.00%
2009 Braille Silver Proof*	135,235	0	0	0.00%	400,000
2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated*	48,863	0	0	0.00%
Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule*	23,078	0	0	0.00%
Braille Education Set*	10,698	0	0	0.00%
2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set	645,893	650,453	4,560	0.71%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	268,320	269,152	832	0.31%	none
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	97,055	98,018	963	0.99%	none
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

 

*Silver coin products with an asterisk are no longer available. Prior year products are listed until replaced by the new year offering, or for reference. Sunday, Jan. 17, is the "as of date" for the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in Jan 2010

Jan 6	Jan 13	Jan 20	Jan 27
131,000	367,500	2,847,500	–

 

2010-dated bullion Silver Eagles only went on sale Tuesday, Jan. 19. No announcement has been made for the numismatic proof and uncirculated versions.