United States Mint bullion sales quickened in July for gold products but slowed for American Silver Eagles. Directionally, their year-to-date bullion sales matched as well compared to the same period last year with gold sales higher and silver sales lowers.
American Eagle gold bullion coins advanced 64,500 ounces in July, registering gains of 24% from 52,000 ounces in June and 10.3% from 58,500 ounces in July 2021. American Gold Eagle sales for the year so far at 806,000 ounces are 13.3% higher than the 711,500 ounces sold during the same period last year.
American Eagle silver bullion sales increased by 850,000 ounces, representing declines of 8.1% from 925,000 ounces in June and 72.6% from 3,104,000 ounces in July 2021. 2022 American Silver Eagle sales at 11,556,500 ounces are 39.2% lower than the 19,010,500 ounces sold during the first seven months of last year.
American Buffalo gold bullion sales rose 39,500 ounces in July, marking gains of 83.7% from 21,500 ounces in June and 172.4% from 14,500 ounces in July 2021. American Gold Buffalo sales for the year at 299,000 ounces are 43.8% higher than the 208,000 ounces sold in the same period last year.
July sales of the 1-ounce American Eagle platinum bullion coins moved up by 15,500 following gains of 23,500 in June; 14,500 ounces in March; and 25,800 in February. Their year-to-date sales of 79,000 coins now top last year’s edition which registered increases of 35,000 in March and 40,000 in May for a 2021 total of 75,000 coins.
Below is a sales breakdown of U.S. Mint bullion products with columns listing the number of coins sold during varying periods.
| US Mint Bullion Sales (# of coins) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | 2022 Sales | |
| $50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin | 123,500 | 86,000 | 140,500 | 80,500 | 164,500 | 31,000 | 59,500 | 685,500 |
| $25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin | 45,000 | 0 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 7,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 71,000 |
| $10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin | 64,000 | 4,000 | 20,000 | 14,000 | 8,000 | 18,000 | 2,000 | 130,000 |
| $5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin | 195,000 | 25,000 | 75,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 135,000 | 20,000 | 525,000 |
| $50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin | 61,500 | 28,500 | 64,500 | 27,500 | 56,000 | 21,500 | 39,500 | 299,000 |
| $1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin | 5,001,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,080,500 | 850,000 | 1,350,000 | 925,000 | 850,000 | 11,556,500 |
| $100 American Eagle 1 Oz Platinum Coin | 0 | 25,800 | 14,200 | 0 | 0 | 23,500 | 15,500 | 79,000 |
We’ll see what August brings. I’m looking forward to the ASEs next week. That’ll be it for me for the year. Look forward to next year, 2023.
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That said, has anyone looked at the 160,000 quantity of 2022 ASE Uncirculated coins (#22EG) … about 2,000 of which are still available? Curious …..
Major D, Thanks for posting the real lyrics. All this time I must have misheard them to be “We are all just pissing us here, on our own device”
Reminds me of peas on earth, lol.
It is the key to the entire series, besting the 1995-W ASE.
I was on hiatus and missed it as well.
Antonio and Major D, even if you had tried to order one online the very first minute they went on sale, I seriously doubt you would have succeeded in acquiring one. I tried like hell to place an order for one precisely at launch time but failed. Somehow the Dealers got them all even with the HOL = 1.
Hi Rich,
I managed to get one. There was one from 2017 that I did not manage to get. That and the 1995-w are the only ones I need to complete my proof set. All are OGP. OGP for the 1995-w was a 4 coin set that I could have gotten for $5000 at the time (from Littleton). That was somewhere around 2006-2008. I have no idea what that set would go for now. It was out of my price range then and I have no doubt is even more out of my reach now.
Thanks Kaiser Wilhelm,
It is funny, but I do not even feel a need to complete it. To this day, it still bothers me that the mint did not release a proof 2009 ASE ( I had an enrollment, dammit! It was like they were breaking a contract). I almost stopped collecting them then. It is almost like even if I got the other 2 today, the collection would still be incomplete.
Wow Jeff, you sure were lucky to have scored the 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof ASE. Is the 2017 Proof ASE you are referring to the 2017-S that was released in the 2017 Congratulations Set and then in the 2017 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set? BTW, the 1995-W American Eagle Proof 10th Anniversary 5-coin Set in OGP is currently selling for around $9,500.
Hi Rich, yep, that is the one. Was that the first year they did that limited edition proof set? Or maybe the first year they put a special ASE in the set? I do not even look at the newest of those now, and that I did not manage to get the first one would explain why. I am kind of blasé about my ASEs ever since they did not release a 2009 proof. Ahhh, a 5 coin set for the 1995-w. Sorry about that error. Other than verifying I actually did get the 2019-s reverse proof, I just went… Read more »
Jeff, the background behind the 2017-S Proof ASE is very interesting. In 2012, a 2012-S Proof ASE came with the 75th Anniversary San Francisco Mint 2-coin Set (mintage = 224,935), and also was included in the 2012-S Coin and Currency Set (mintage = 56,857). The next time a Proof “S” Mint ASE was released was in the 2017 Congratulations Set to everyone’s surprise (and that set sold out quickly). The ASE Proof Congratulations Set first came out in 2013 and always contained the W mint Proof ASE, that is until 2017 when the Mint switched to a 2017-S Proof. After… Read more »
Hi Rich,
Yeah, that explains it. I got the 75th anniversary 2 coin set in 2012, so I ignored the Coin and Currency set. I did not need either the Congratulations Sets or the Limited Edition Silver Proof Set until 2017, when I of course tried but could not get one. I do not think I even tried for the Congratulations Set in 2017. Probably because I had never failed to get my purchase completed before, so I waited for the other one.
Antonio, IMHO the 1995-W ASE Proof is still the key to the series even though it’s mintage is a little higher than the 2019-S ASE Enhanced Reverse Proof (29,909 versus 30,102). As per their relative values, the PCGS Price Guide prices are as follows:
1995-W PR-69 = $3,500 & PR-70 = $20,500
2019-S PR-69 = $1,200 & PR-70 = $2,600
As a benchmark, the prices for the 2020-W $50 Gold Eagle Proof – v75 Privy are PR-69 = $13,500 & PR-70 = $18,500
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When will the 2023 American Eagle silver dollar be available?