Yearly Archives: 2010

The latest United States Mint bullion coin sales figures have been released and the stats show authorized buyers purchased 84,000 American Eagle Gold coins during February 2010, which was 1,000 less than the prior month.

Atypical from other years is that the tally includes both 2009 and 2010-dated coins. This year was the first time in the U.S. Mint's history of selling the gold coins that a current year's eagles were not offered during the first week of January. Exceptional demand for the eagles in 2009 resulted in a delayed release of 2010s.

The 84,000 total makes last month the fifth best February ever for the gold series that dates back to 1986, but the level is below the output from 2009. Better same month sales include:

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Next year's America the Beautiful Quarter design candidates have already been created and reviewed, although the final selections for this year's reverse designs are yet to be announced.

The 2011 quarters will release into circulation like the United States Mint favors, versus the accelerated time-frame the public will witness for 2010 quarters

The legislation approving the new park and site quarters was only signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 23, 2008. (Read about the recent coin forum where US Mint Director Moy discusses quarters.)

As a result, before this year's designs came to fruition, the US Mint had to first go through the process of actually creating the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, line up the 56 national park and other national sites to be honored, coordinate with the overseeing authority for each site, and get production and other Mint procedures ramped up -- all in span of a few months.

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