US Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats for December, Week 3

Like clockwork, the Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set and US Mint Silver Proof Set were again the hottest with a 4.63 percent and 3.2 percent increase in sales, according to the latest silver coin sales stats released by the United States Mint.

However, sales have cooled somewhat compared to previous weeks, and that’s not accounting for the no longer available Bald Eagle coins or the American Legacy Collection which the Mint discontinued on Friday, December 12.

Next week’s report will likely be telling — where many of the sales stats can be considered "final."

The pickings are certainly slim now for modern U.S. silver coins. That will be the case until the 2009 offerings become available.

U.S. Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats

(December Week 2 to Week 3)

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
American Eagle Silver Dollar Proof*	713,133	713,210	77	0.01%	none
American Eagle Silver Dollar Uncirculated	424,654	430,556	5,902	1.39%	none
2008 Bald Eagle Silver Dollar Proof*	246,157	251,515	5,358	2.18%	500,000
2008 Bald Eagle Silver Dollar Uncirculated*	90,699	91,685	986	1.09%
2008 Bald Eagle Three-Coin Proof Set*	25,000	25,000	0	0.00%	25,000
Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	36,158	37,831	1,673	4.63%	none
U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set	620,684	640,543	19,859	3.20%	none
50 State Quarters Silver Proof Set	400,084	404,891	4,807	1.20%	none
American Legacy Collection Set*	20,815	20,815	0	0.00%	50,000

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

For more information regarding each of the above coins, to include their prices and U.S. Mint product page links, view the Silver Coins Today page Mint Silver Coins.

Visit the CoinNews collector tool page Mint Collector Bullion Coin Prices for updated tables of common gold and platinum coin stats. This tool can also help locate the better priced and more scarce coins.

Additionally, NumisMaster has a breakdown of the latest sales figures for most Mint coins at Mint Stats: Collector Set Numbers Rise as Year Ends.