US Mint Sales: US Army Silver Commemorative Coins Rise

US Army silver commemorative coins spiked as did American Silver Eagles in the latest round of US Mint sales. Still missing in the numbers, however, was the new 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™.

Proof US Army silver dollars surpassed their previous week’s dip better than the uncirculated US Army silver dollars. The US Mint reported that 1,288 proofs and 433 uncirculated Army commemorative coins were sold to collectors compared to 760 and 268 in the last round.

Enthusiasm for the Medal of Honor silver commemorative coins stalled when compared to their prior week’s performances. The proofs advanced by 1,840 and the uncirculated commemorative coins picked up 488, but they had risen by 4,291 and 1,875 previously.

It is not known when the US Mint will reveal the starting sales figures for their 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™, which launched on Friday, April 1. The 2010 version, however, managed to jump by 2,352 despite being temporarily unavailable for another price adjustment.

The 2011 Silver Proof Set climbed 13,998 and the 2010 Silver Proof Set added 926. Both sets’ movement was weaker than their prior 14,839 and 974 gains.

Demand for bullion Silver Eagles rose during the early part of the week. The US Mint’s established network of Authorized Purchasers took in 715,000 compared to 658,500 in the first part of April. The month’s total cleared the one million marker and landed at 1,374,000. The bounce caused annual sales to roll in at 13,803,000.

The following are the latest silver coin product sales figures:

US Mint Sales: Numismatic Silver Coins

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
2011 Medal of Honor Silver Dollar Proof	71,045	72,885	1,840	2.59%	100,967 of 500,000
2011 Medal of Honor Silver Dollar Uncirculated	29,922	30,410	488	1.63%
2011 US Army Silver Dollar Proof	91,883	93,171	1,288	1.40%	128,384 of 500,000
2011 US Army Silver Dollar Uncirculated	36,501	36,934	433	1.19%
2011 US Mint Silver Proof Set	359,679	373,677	13,998	3.89%	none
2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set	560,280	561,206	926	0.17%	none
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	–	–
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™	247,492	249,844	2,352	0.95%	none
2010 Proof American Silver Eagles	860,000	860,000	0	0%	none

 

Sunday, April 10, is the "as of date" for the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

US Mint Sales: 2011 Silver Eagles

January*	6,422,000
February	3,240,000
March	2,767,000
April	1,374,000
Total	13,803,000

 

*Wednesday, April 13, is the "as of date" for the bullion eagle numbers. The sales figures include 469,500 of the 2010-dated Silver Eagles sold.

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