Daily Archives: March 5, 2009
Gold Climbs First Day in Nine; Silver and Platinum Advance
Lincoln Bicentennial Dollar; UHR Double Eagle Sales Figures – March 5
Sales of Lincoln Bicentennial Dollars are screaming along and Ultra High Relief (UHR) Double Eagle Gold coins hit a new milestone.
Lincoln Bicentennial Silver Dollar sales figures blasted forward, with the proof coins surging an impressive 45.9 percent higher than the prior numbers and the uncirculated coins rising 35.1 percent.
A combined 99,803 were purchased in the last several days, pushing the total sold to 335,051 since the commemoratives first went on sale Feb. 12. That is within reach of the 500,000 mintage limit. More over, an amount within the 500,000 is also reserved for a yet to be announced special set.