US Mint Sales: Quarters Sets Improve, Silver Eagles Top 20 Million

Numismatic silver coins rebounded, according to the latest figures from the United States Mint. The 2010 silver quarters proof set achieved the biggest comeback, and the DAV commemoratives also climbed.

In fact, every collector coin and set outperformed their prior week’s levels. Perhaps it was the release of the US Mint Uncirculated Mint Set last Thursday, July 15, that drove up the numbers. The annual product is the second most popular set for collectors, and their release drew in more than 214,000 orders.

Bullion American Silver Eagles maintained a quick pace as well.

2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Sets™ jumped more than 5,000 to raise their total to 135,811. Their previous gain had been 3,801. Even the 2009 DC and Territories Quarters Silver Proof Set excelled by advancing 643, compared to 579.

In the individual coins arena, the 2010 Disabled American Veterans Silver Dollars picked up a combined total of 852. Proofs gained more than uncirculated, adding 624 vs 228. Previously they rose by 463 and the uncirculated crept up 203. The 2010 Boy Scouts of America Silver Dollar numbers did not change, and are still at their maximum mintage. However, the proof version is still for sale, in a waiting list capacity on the Mint’s online store.

Bullion American Silver Eagles keep trucking. So far, 1,935,500 sold in July and the year-to-date-total crossed the 20 million threshold. It is easy to predict that July will see the 2 million marker, since 11 days are left, but it will be harder to reach the 3 million level as happened in June. The Mint will have to sell 1,065,500 more to match June’s total. Monthly sales have acted like a yo-yo, starting high in January, falling in February, improving again in March and so on. Still, even lower 2010 months have been higher in sales than most months prior to 2010.

The following are the latest silver product sales figures:

US Mint Numismatic Silver Coins Sales

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Proof	151,912	152,536	624	0.41%	217,517 of 350,000
2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar Uncirculated	64,753	64,981	228	0.35%
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Proof	245,000	245,000	0	0.00%	350,000 of 350,000
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Uncirculated	105,000	105,000	0	0.00%
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	130,713	135,811	5,098	3.90%	none
2009 US Mint Silver Proof Set	694,406	694,406	0	0.00%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	285,463	286,106	643	0.23%	none

 

Sunday, July 18, 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	3,001,000
July	1,935,500
Total	20,104,000

 

Wednesday, July 20 is the "as of date" for the bullion eagle numbers.