Gold Falls Slightly with Rebounding Dollar, Silver Advances
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US Mint Sales Figures: Bullion Eagle Mania, Proof Sets and Lincoln...
Recent sales of 2009 Proof Sets hiccup, Braille Silver Dollars crawl, Lincoln Rail Splitters lose luster and, well... the list goes on for nearly every US Mint coin or set.
Collectors appear to be sleeping through the summer when it comes to buying modern coins. There is one, no make that two notable exceptions: American Eagle Gold and Silver bullion coins. They are screaming along this month.
The Mint has sold a whopping 15,449,500 silver and 721,000 gold American Eagles this year. The following tables sum up the current eagle mania, and recent slower sales of the coins discussed above:




