US Mint Silver Coins Sales Rise, Eagles Top 19 Million

US Mint collector silver coins and set sales picked up nicely, no doubt helped by recent soaring silver prices. Bullion Silver Eagles settled down some from their roaring pace last week, but they are still on fire.Let’s get to some of the numbers …

As has become the tradition of late, 2009 Silver Proof Sets lead, with another 16,278 sold. In contrast, 12,852 were purchased by collectors during the prior reporting period. 30,000 more and the sets will topple 500,000. Not bad considering the US Mint only put them up for sale on July 19.

Proof Braille Commemorative Silver Coins performed better than normal as well. Just last week we mentioned how they had found a comfort zone with weekly increases ranging between 600-650. The proof silver coins nearly doubled that in the latest cycle, rising 1,124.

On the bullion side of coin sales, American Silver Eagles jumped up another 450,000 during the last seven days. They passed over 19 million — 19,214,500 to be exact. Last year’s record of 20.583 million could be shattered by month’s end.

In related silver bullion news that is sure to impact sales next year, the US Mint today released the list for the new America the Beautiful Quarters to be issued from 2010 to 2021. What many don’t realize is that the law authorizing the 56 quarters also mandates 5-oz, .999 fine silver coin bullion versions. These will have a diameter of nearly twice that of the Silver Eagles.

The following two tables have the latest US Mint stats for collector silver coins and sets and bullion silver eagles.

U.S. Mint Silver Coin Sales Stats

(Sales compare previous to current Mint figures)

	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*	325,000	325,000	0	0.00%	500,000
2009 Lincoln Silver Uncirculated*	125,000	125,000	0	0.00%
2009 Braille Silver Proof	118,670	119,794	1,124	0.95%	400,000
2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated	44,314	44,563	249	0.56%
Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule	19,396	19,655	259	1.34%
2009 Silver Proof Set	454,429	470,707	16,278	3.58%	none
2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set	228,126	231,218	3,092	1.36%	none
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set	74,901	75,969	1,068	1.43%	none
2008 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set*	774,874	774,874	0	0.0%	none

 

*Coin products with an asterisk are no longer available. Sunday, Sept. 6, is the "as of date" for the US Mint collector coin sales figures shown above.

American Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in September

Aug 2	Aug 9	Aug 16	Aug 23	Aug 30
0	450,000	–	–	–

 

The previous reported sales figures are located at Weekly Sales for US Mint Silver Coins. The Silver Coins Today tool page Mint Prices & Sales has been updated with the latest Mint numbers.