US Mint Sales: UHRs Near 81K, Gold Eagles Top 801K, Silver Eagles Over 17.7M

Since many coin collectors spend their time outside of the hobby during the summer months, US Mint weekly sales can tend to be routine and borderline boring. That is not the case with the latest round of coin figures.

Highlights follow:

• In a single week, August demand for American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins nearly doubled. 23,000 had been sold up through the 12th. By the 19th, 45,000 were purchased. For the year, the total has jumped to 801,500.

• Silver Eagle Bullion Coins continue their blazing sales trail. 17,739,000 have been sold this year. Another 475,000 left US Mint doors in the last seven days alone.

• Collectors purchased 2,901 more UHRs in a week (see UHR Double Eagle Sales Top 80K.)

• 2009 Lincoln Formative Year Cents sold out at 300,000, as inaugural sales of the Illinois Lincoln penny two-roll sets reached 152,146. (See 15.2 Million Professional Life Cents Sold in Four Days.)

• Freshly minted Julia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coins reached 2,087 for the proof and 1,125 for the uncirculated. At the same time, the proof Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse Coin sold out. The latest US Mint figures show their total at 7,806.

• And for the final highlights, 2009 Proof Sets are gliding along. The clad set climbed another 19,906 and is heading toward one million. The silver set rose by 17,277 with an eye toward 500,000.

As an interesting side note… last week’s sales figures had two-roll sets of Lincoln Formative Years pennies standing at 300,246. The latest US Mint report has the tally down to a straight 300,000. This could suggest that the Mint will cap rolls of the third and fourth penny designs at 300,000 as well.

Major US Mint coin sales follow:

The US Mint sold 17,739,500 silver and 801,500 gold American Eagle bullion coins in 2009, as of Wednesday, Aug. 19.

US Mint Collector Coin Sales

(Data compare previous to current Mint sales reports)

*Sold out/no longer available.

Sales summations from sister sites of CoinNews follow:

• Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse Coin Sold Out, Julia Tyler Sales Rise 35% – FirstSpouseCoins.us
  The First Spouse Coin news of the week is the sell out of Jackson’s Liberty proof coin. The US Mint unexpectedly placed the gold piece in its "sold out" category, although the uncirculated option is still available to buy. Most who follow the series were expecting the US Mint to stop selling both coins on the morning of Sept. 3, which is the day Sarah Polk First Spouse Coins are released…

• Silver Eagles Rise 475K, Silver Proof Sets Gain 17.3K – SilverCoinsToday.com
  It was another strong week for at least two US mint silver coin products. American Silver Eagles shined and the 18-coin Silver Proof Set commanded coin collector’s attention. In another huge weekly leap, Bullion American Silver Eagles jumped 475,000. That follows last week’s impressive 430,00 gain. The tally for August is up to…

The non bullion coin sales figures above have an "as of date" of August 16. The last reported sales figures are located at Rail Splitters Top 300K, UHR’s Near 78K, Silver Eagles at 630K.