US Mint Sales: Fewer Yosemite Coins Remain, Silver Eagles Top 21.3M

Following a week of higher demand came a slower one for silver coins, the latest sales stats from the US Mint revealed. Silver sets and commemoratives cooled. Silver Eagles managed yet another milestone. And, a few thousand 2010-P Yosemite National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins were picked up after a full week on the market.

2,593 more collectors purchased the Yosemite Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated coin, which still has the one coin per household ordering limit in place. That leaves just 3,896 in the Mint’s inventory as of Sunday, June 19. Of the 27,000 produced, 23,104 have sold since its launch on June 9, with 20,511 selling in the first four days.

Buyers also ordered fewer US Mint sets during the week than they had previously. The 2011 Silver Proof Set climbed 3,442 versus 5,335 while the 2011 America the Beautiful Silver Quarters Set gained 1,913 against 2,218.

The older US Mint sets took an even slower pace. The 2010 Silver Proof Set added 474 in this round compared to 801 in the last, and the 2010 Silver Quarters Set rose by 311 after increasing 659 previously.

The top selling commemorative silver dollars were the proofs. The Medal of Honor and US Army proofs advanced by 747 and 557 respectively. In the prior round, they had spiked by 1,264 and 796. Collectors for the uncirculated versions took in 163 of the Medal of Honor and 125 of the US Army dollars.

It is hard to say at this point whether the bullion 2011 Silver Eagles were speeding up or slowing down, since the last count was just taken on Thursday. By Tuesday, June 21, US Mint Authorized Purchasers bought another 808,500 coins and bumped June’s total up to 2,490,500. It seems as though June will end higher than May, since the monthly total on May 20 was 2,256,000. The Silver Eagles have topped 21.3 million for the year already. In record-breaking year 2010, it took until early August for the coins to reach that level.

The US Mint released the Vicksburg National Military Park five ounce silver bullion coin on Monday, June 20, but the first days’ sales numbers were not announced as of this writing. The status of the bullion Olympic National Park five ouncer also was left out of the US Mint sales report.

The following are the latest US Mint product sales figures:

US Mint Sales: Numismatic Coins

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2010-P Yosemite Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	20,511	23,104	2,593	12.64%	23,104 of 27,000
2010-P Yellowstone Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	0	0%	27,000 of 27,000
2010-P Hot Springs Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin	27,000	27,000	0	0.00%	27,000 of 27,000
2011 Medal of Honor Silver Dollar Proof	90,068	90,815	747	0.83%	126,390 of 500,000
2011 Medal of Honor Silver Dollar Uncirculated	35,412	35,575	163	0.46%
2011 US Army Silver Dollar Proof	104,135	104,692	557	0.53%	144,730 of 500,000
2011 US Army Silver Dollar Uncirculated	39,913	40,038	125	0.31%
2011 US Mint Silver Proof Set	417,119	420,561	3,442	0.83%	none
2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set	567,040	567,514	474	0.08%	none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	96,470	98,383	1,913	1.98%	none
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	255,144	255,455	311	0.12%	none
2010 Proof American Silver Eagles	860,000	860,000	0	0%	none

 

Sunday, June 19, is the "as of date" for all the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

US Mint Sales: 2011 Silver Eagle Bullion Coins

January*	6,422,000
February	3,240,000
March	2,767,000
April	2,819,000
May	3,653,500
June	2,490,500
Total	21,392,000

 

Tuesday, June 21, is the "as of date" for the bullion American Silver Eagle. *The sales figures include 469,500 of the 2010-dated Silver Eagles sold this year.

2011 America the Beautiful Bullion Coins Sales

 

Friday, June 17, is the "as of date" for the America the Beautiful bullion coin sales.