US Mint Silver Coin Sales Drop – Mar 26

Fewer collectors have been buying United States Mint silver coins and sets lately, according to the latest Mint sales stats.

However, part of the drop off is almost certainly due to interest in newly released coins and sets, including the launch of the Braille Silver Dollars Thursday and the 2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set on Monday. (Sales figures for these coins should begin appearing next week.)

In other silver coin news, the 2009 Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollars are nearly gone. The uncirculated version sold out Tuesday and the proof coin probably has a matter of a few hours to a few days — with a lean toward hours. A total of 447,868 Lincoln $1s are now sold, leaving 2,132 proofs left to the buying public.

50 State Quarters Silver Proof Set sales ended Monday when the US Mint replaced them with the 2009 silver quarters. The final sales figures for these should be available next week.

Here are the latest numbers:

U.S. Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats

(March: Week 3 to Week 4)

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
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
2009 Lincoln Silver Proof	296,488	312,075	15,587	5.26%	500,000
2009 Lincoln Silver Uncirculated	126,963	135,793	8,830	6.95%
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	55,914	56,801	887	1.59%	none
2008 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set	731,405	734,108	2,703	0.37%	none
2008 50 State Quarters Silver Proof Set	427,511	429,021	1,510	0.35%	none

 

* The 2008-dated coin products with an asterisk have been sold out or are no longer available.

The previous reported sales figures are located at US Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats – Mar 19. As a reminder, the collector 2009 silver eagle suspension is still in affect.

The Silver Coins Today tool page Silver Coin Mint Prices & Sales Figures has been updated with the latest Mint sales figures.

Visit the CoinNews collector tool page Mint Price Guide for tables of common gold and platinum coin stats. Additionally, NumisMaster has a breakdown of the latest sales figures for most Mint coins here.