US Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats – Jan 7

Sales figures for the American Legacy Collection experienced the largest percentage rise compared to the previous US Mint sales report. Numbers increased 4.83 percent and by 2,777 units. For a product that was discontinued on December 12, its percent leadership is surprising and unexplained.

On a unit comparison, however, the legacy collection came in at number three, behind the popular US Mint Silver Proof Set with an increase of 11,105 sold and the American Eagle Silver uncirculated coin that climbed by 2,629.

The Bald Eagle silver dollar dropped again for the second consecutive reporting period. Units were down by 225, although not as low as the massive 2,213 decline in late December.

There may be an indication for a coming end to 2008 American Eagle uncirculated coins. For several days the Mint has shown the product as "available for shipping 01/30/2009." In other coin series with added back order dates, sales tended to end quickly. There is no official word at this point. And no signal on the Mint’s 2009 release schedule for when 2009-dated American Eagles will launch.

US Mint silver coin sales figures follow:

U.S. Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats

(December Week 4 to January)

	Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
American Eagle Silver Dollar Proof*	713,236	713,265	29	0.00%	none
American Eagle Silver Dollar Uncirculated	435,032	437,661	2,629	0.60%	none
2008 Bald Eagle Silver Dollar Proof*	249,302	249,077	(225)	-0.09%	500,000
2008 Bald Eagle Silver Dollar Uncirculated*	91,714	91,722	8	0.01%
2008 Bald Eagle Three-Coin Proof Set*	25,000	25,000	–	0.00%	25,000
Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	39,330	40,589	1,259	3.20%	none
U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set	658,835	669,940	11,105	1.69%	none
50 State Quarters Silver Proof Set	408,011	410,788	2,777	0.68%	none
American Legacy Collection Set*	20,815	21,821	1,006	4.83%	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 Coin 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 at: Almost 20 million silver Eagles sell in 2008.