US Mint Sales: 2016 Bullion Silver Eagles On the Rise

Demand is robust for 2016-dated bullion American Silver Eagles. The United States Mint sold all of its allotment of 4 million coins last week, and 95% of this week’s allotted 1 million coins were gone by Tuesday.

January is typically one of the bestselling months for Silver Eagles because it’s the first time buyers can get a year’s newly dated edition. The U.S. Mint in January 2015 sold 5,530,000 of the coins, and sales reached 4,775,000 coins in January 2014. A total of 4,950,000 have flown off Mint shelves so far this year.

Seven numismatic silver products were reported in the latest sales stats from the United States Mint. Again, the best seller in the category was the 2015 Silver Proof Set, which added 1,826 orders. Its latest total ticked up to 354,276.

Collectors will be waiting until February 25 for the first 2016-dated numismatic silver product. That is the launch date for the Shawnee National Forest Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin. Collector versions of the Silver Eagle are delayed due a new feature in 2016, edge lettering. They are estimated to be ready for sale this summer.

The table below shows the latest sales stats for collector coins and related silver products from the U.S. Mint. Sunday, January 17, is the as of date.

US Mint Sales: Silver Coins for Collectors

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2015 Proof March of Dimes Silver Coins	57,600	57,600	0	0.00%	500,000
2015 Uncirculated March of Dimes Silver Coins	24,742	24,742	0	0.00%
2015 March of Dimes Special Set	74,430	74,430	0	0.00%
2015 Proof U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Silver Coins	109,345	109,345	0	0.00%	500,000
2015 Uncirculated U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Silver Coins	38,149	38,149	0	0.00%
2015 US Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Three-Coin Proof Set	14,984	14,984	0	0.00%
50th Anniversary Kennedy Half-Dollar Silver Coin Collection	219,173	219,440	267	0.12%	225,000
2015 Lyndon B. Johnson Coin and Chronicles Set	23,905	23,905	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015 John F. Kennedy Coin and Chronicles Set	49,051	49,051	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower Coin and Chronicles Set	16,744	16,744	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015 Harry S. Truman Coin and Chronicles Set	16,812	16,812	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2014 Franklin Roosevelt Coin and Chronicles Set	19,050	19,050	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2014 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set	42,614	42,614	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015 Congratulations Set	7,895	7,895	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2014 Congratulations Set	7,529	7,529	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015-W Proof Silver Eagles	699,623	699,623	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2014-W Proof Silver Eagles	894,614	894,614	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Sets	95,039	95,448	409	0.43%	none
2014 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Sets	119,251	119,251	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Sets	22,691	22,691	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2014 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Sets	28,637	28,637	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle	201,188	201,188	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2014-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle	224,532	224,532	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015 Silver Proof Sets	352,450	354,276	1,826	0.52%	none
2014 Silver Proof Sets	429,493	429,493	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015-P Saratoga 5 Ounce Silver Coins	17,457	17,607	150	0.86%	Sold Out
2015-P Bombay Hook 5 Ounce Silver Coins	17,339	17,344	5	0.03%	20,000
2015-P Blue Ridge 5 Ounce Silver Coins	17,461	17,461	0	0.00%	Sold Out
2015-P Kisatchie 5 Ounce Silver Coins	19,168	19,244	76	0.40%	30,000
2015-P Homestead 5 Ounce Silver Coins	20,602	20,673	71	0.34%	30,000

 

Bullion American Silver Eagles added 1,450,000 in the last seven days. Wednesday, Jan 20, is the as of sales date for the sales shown below.

US Mint Bullion Sales: 2016 American Eagle Silver Coins

January	4,950,000
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2016 Total	4,950,000

 

Sales of America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins released since 2015 are below.

US Mint Sales: 2015 – 2016 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins

	Unit Increase	Total Sales
2016 Shawnee Silver Bullion Coins	N/A
2016 Cumberland Gap Silver Bullion Coins
2016 Harpers Ferry Silver Bullion Coins
2016 Theodore Roosevelt Silver Bullion Coins
2016 Fort Moultrie Silver Bullion Coins
2015 Homestead Silver Bullion Coins	Sold Out	35,000
2015 Kisatchie Silver Coins		42,000
2015 Blue Ridge Silver Coins		45,000
2015 Bombay Hook Silver Coins		45,000
2015 Saratoga Silver Coins		45,000