For the second time this year, it looks like the United States Mint will follow the market and raise prices on collectible gold coins by as much as $50 for every ounce of gold they contain.
Increases would come on Wednesday, Feb. 10, and they would include hikes on the Mint’s newest 2016 Mark Twain coins. Many of the agency’s other gold products are currently unavailable.
U.S. Mint policy is to set gold coin prices based on a weekly average of London gold. The precious metal has been on fire with safe-haven demand driving prices up to their highest level since mid-June. Current Mint pricing is based on a weekly gold average that’s within the range of $1,100.00 to $1,149.99 an ounce. Gold is firmly into a higher tier, now trading over $1,198 an ounce.
If Wednesday’s LBMA gold price for the PM stays atop $1,150 an ounce, expect the following adjustments:
| From | To | |
| 2016-W $5 Mark Twain Gold Proof Coin* | $376.15 | $388.30 |
| 2016-W $5 Mark Twain Gold Uncirculated Coin* | $371.15 | $383.30 |
| 2015-W $100 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin** | $1,540.00 | $1,590.00 |
| 2015-W Proof Gold Buffalo Coin (1 oz)** | $1,490.00 | $1,540.00 |
| 2015-W Uncirculated Gold Eagle Coin (1 oz)** | $1,425.00 | $1,475.00 |
| 2015-W Proof Gold Eagle Coin (1 oz)** | $1,460.00 | $1,510.00 |
| 2015-W Proof Gold Eagle Coin (1/2 oz)** | $745.00 | $770.00 |
| 2015-W Proof Gold Eagle Coin (1/4 oz)** | $385.00 | $397.50 |
| 2015-W Proof Gold Eagle Coin (1/10 oz)** | $165.00 | $170.00 |
| 2014 & 2015 First Spouse Gold Proof Coins | $765.00 | $790.00 |
| 2014 & 2015 First Spouse Gold Uncirculated Coins | $745.00 | $770.00 |
**Mark Twain Gold Coins are in their introductory sales period, which ends next Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. ET, when regular pricing takes effect and each coin automatically climbs by $5. Products with two asterisks (**) are currently unavailable.
The United States Mint made fourteen pricing adjustments last year, raising them six times and dropping them eight times. The first for this year happened on the week ended Jan. 27 when coin prices were raised. Past adjustments have tended to happen on Wednesdays at around 2:00 p.m. ET. This article will get updated with what actually happens.
Update: The U.S. Mint increased gold coin prices. New pricing went live a few minutes after 2:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
The above gold coins are found on the U.S. Mint’s website page located here.
Mike Unser – It is interesting that the U.S. Mint did not lower its silver coin prices one cent recently when silver was dropping so fast even below $14.00 a few days to a 6-Year low! But watch them raise silver coin prices soon due to silver finally going up a little in the last week or so after over a year of basically sliding down, down, down. As far as most of their gold coins goes, they swear by the gold pricing grid published on their website, but as gold has finally moved up a good amount for first… Read more »
The U.S. Mint has tended to make pricing adjustments on existing silver products when silver changes for a sustained time by +/- $5 an ounce from the point of where they originally set it. The U.S. Mint has purchased bullion from Gold Corporation, which operates the Perth Mint. Replacement bars for West Point Mint’s working stock is ordered on the open market, with some of it having come from the Perth. Also, some planchets have come from Gold Corporation. There is a limited number of qualified vendors which does throw a wrench into things. If memory serves, Gold Corporation has… Read more »
Mike Unser – Thanks for responding to my post with your informed comments. I just read your post just now. I researched the matter further 5 days ago & as a Perth Mint Australia (Gold Corp.) customer for the past two years & found out basically what you have stated & from my sources at Coin World newspaper since 1986. The Liberty Coin Act of 1985 signed into public law by President Reagan that started the silver & gold American Eagle bullion coin programs specifically stated that all silver & gold used for the bullion versions had to be mined… Read more »