US Mint Sales: Braille Dollars Rise, Gold Coins Jump

With gold prices pounding on new highs, many of the US Mint’s gold coins enjoyed stronger sales last week, although $20 UHRs dropped back and proof Buffalo coins continue to slow.

The newly released Lincoln Presidency cent two-roll sets are visible in this week’s report. The initial numbers are solid. Braille Silver Dollars, which will go off sale in less than a month, also picked up nicely. These and more highlights follow:

• 2009 Buffalo Gold Proof Coin sales continue to soften as compared to their first few days following their Oct. 19 launch. Another 4,316 were added, which is down nearly half from last week’s reported increase of 8,487. On the other hand, the bullion one-ounce versions climbed 13,500 versus the prior 11,000.

• American Silver Eagles topped 25 million this week. Their latest seven-day sales rose by 750,000, which is down from the prior 850,000. American Gold Eagles are moving faster. 41,500 were sold in the last seven days compared to the previous 30,000.

• UHR $20 Double Eagles snapped a two-week winning streak. Numbers came in at 1,098 and lagged behind the last gain of 1,453. The year-to-date tally is at 104,862.

• Louis Braille Silver Dollars improved across the board. A combined 208,272 have now been sold for all offerings. The Mint will take the Braille products off sale on Dec. 11 at 5:00 PM ET.

• Demand remains strong for US Mint Proof Sets and US Mint Silver Proof Sets. New sales showed respective increases of 25,350 and 12,429, which compares to the prior 20,087 and 9,586.

• Last week’s figures indicated that the sales levels remained the same or declined for all but one of the ten available First Spouse Gold Coins. In this round, seven of ten performed better. The proof Julia Tyler coin remained (unexpectedly) unchanged with total sales standing at 3,929.

Major US Mint coin sales follow:

US Mint Collector Coin Sales

(Data compare previous to current Mint sales reports)

*Sold out/no longer available.

Notable summaries of sales articles this week from CoinNews and sister sites follow:

• 7 of 10 First Spouse Gold Coins Rise Higher in Sales – FirstSpouseCoins.us
  Last week’s price increase of $25 on Nov. 12 actually seemed to boost US First Spouse Gold Coin sales, because the commemorative series recovered from the prior report’s "slow down." The latest US Mint sales figures show sales for seven of the ten available gold coins improved. More likely, the quick rise in gold prices provided opportunities for collectors to look again at the series. Also, since it was …

• 2009 Silver Eagles Top 25,000,000 – SilverCoinsToday.com
  The newest United States Mint sales figures indicate collectors are paying more attention to silver coins. Only two silver numismatic products failed to outperform their prior week numbers. And while bullion 2009 American Silver Eagle sales softened slightly in the last seven days, they did top 25,000,000 for the year and reinforced their dominance …

• 2009 Lincoln Cent "Presidency" Two Roll Set Inaugural Sales – 2009LincolnPennies.com
  The Mint’s sales show that over 153,000 of the Lincoln Presidency Two-Roll Sets have sold between their launch Thursday, November 12 and Sunday, the 15th. Although it’s not as impressive as the Lincoln Rail Splitter Cent sales launch, it certainly met expectations and contended with the Professional Life’s opening sales …

The non bullion coin sales figures above have an "as of date" of Nov. 18. The previous reported sales figures are located here. For an always updated reference of the latest articles, visit US Mint Sales.