Better numbers for silver coins and the debut figures for the Grand Canyon Quarter Three Coin Set were key topics in the most recent round of US Mint weekly sales news.
The sales week, which covers the period of April 10-17, reflected lower demand overall. Nineteen US Mint products had better weekly sales versus the previous week when fifty-four products shown brighter.
Three of the four U.S. Army and Medal of Honor silver coins were among the better products experiencing stronger demand. Silver sets were lower. However, two were suspended during the reporting week as the US Mint is in the process of adjusting their prices higher due to 31-year higher silver prices. (Two more sets were supended on this past Monday.)
Debut sales were released for the Grand Canyon Quarter Three Coin Set. They are the fourth issue and they started out better than the first three — Grand Canyon at 12,418, Yosemite at 11,441, Yellowstone at 11,115 and Hot Springs at 10,684.
More detailed analysis of the latest US Mint weekly sales may be found by reading the various coin news articles below.
Silver Coins Improve, Silver Sets Retreat with Suspensions
Mike Unser | CoinNews.net
On the flip side, all US Mint silver sets stepped back in their weekly gains. But then, higher silver prices resulted in the sales suspension of two of them during all of last week. The Mint’s final two silver sets were suspended this past Monday. The four sets have been taken offline as their melt values were approaching their prices …
Three of Four Silver Commemorative Coins Outperform
Staff | SilverCoinsToday.com
Three out of four silver commemorative coins outperformed their prior week’s gains, and bullion American Silver Eagles rallied higher as well per the most recent US Mint sales figures. The numbers for the recently issued 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ remain unavailable …
Grand Canyon Three Coin Set Debuts, Silver Eagles 14M
Staff | CoinCollectingNews.org
The new release also boosted weekly sales for the older Three-Coin Sets, as each one exceeded their prior week’s advance. Yosemite climbed 384 versus 314, Yellowstone added 258 versus 146, and Hot Springs jumped by 223 versus 111. In the race for best seller, the new Grand Canyon Quarter Set came in third. The top spot was taken by the 2011 Mint Set, which catapulted by 30,791, and the 2011 Proof Set barely earned the second spot with a gain of 12,430 …
Mint Stats: New Sales Wave About to Begin
David C. Harper | Numismatic News via Numismaster.com
The 2011 gold American Eagle sales maximums have been put into place. Next week sales figures will begin. The 2010 American Eagle sales numbers have been removed. Keep last week’s paper if the 2010 numbers are important to you. Overall sales increases were …
