US Mint Weekly sales news was dominated by the performances of the .999 fine American Silver Eagles and the 24-karat First Spouse Gold Coins.
The Silver Eagles this week broke the 9 million year-to-date milestone and rose above 2.6 million for the month. January was the best ever month for the coins and February, while it will not be the top month, it will go down as the best every February for Silver Eagle sales since their launch in 1986.
First Spouse Gold Coins rallied in weekly sales. Their numbers where just shy of doubling their previous weekly pick-up with 759 versus 381. Weekly numbers are generally relatively modest for these gold pieces which honor former first ladies. The 759 increase represents the best number since the first full week following the release of the proof and uncirculated Mary Todd Lincoln First Spouse Gold Coins back in early December.
Major coin news articles about the US Mint weekly sales numbers follow:
Silver Eagles Top 9M, First Spouse Gold Coins Rally
Mike Unser | CoinNews.net
Surging gold and silver prices appear to be helping several US Mint coin products, including bullion American Silver Eagles and collector First Spouse Gold Coins. US Mint 2011 Proof Sets jumped out with debut sales of 253,144. Its next three weekly increases came in at 25,879, 21,784 and 20,473. Last week’s sales report showed …
Silver Eagle Bullion Coins Seize 9 Million Milestone
Staff | SilverCoinsToday.com
American Silver Eagle coins have just surged passed the 9 million milestone for 2011. But while the bullion eagles and the market price of silver may be blasting off, demand for US Mint numismatic silver products is retreating. The two most popular items in the prior US Mint sales report, the 2011 Silver Proof Sets and the US Army Silver Dollar Commemorative Coins, underperformed in this round …
Mint Stats: No Juice in Commemoratives?
Dave Harper | Numismatic News via Numismaster.com
Even before the Medal of Honor commemoratives were to go on sale Feb. 25, sales of the Army commemoratives seem to be coming to almost a complete stop. This was especially true for the $5 gold pieces. The proof was up by just 1,092. The uncirculated rose by just 375 …
First Spouse Gold Coin Sales Nearly Double
Staff | FirstSpouseCoins.us
Remarkably, collectors scooped up nearly twice as many First Spouse Gold Coins in the latest round of weekly sales than previously. Half of the coins leaped with triple digit gains, according to the United States Mint statistics. In all, 759 coins sold compared to 381. The split was fairly close between proofs and uncirculated, 405 and 354 respectively …
