There was not a lot of excitement in the latest series of US Mint weekly sales, coin news articles on the subject revealed.
The biggest "winners" over the reported 7-day periods were bullion eagle coins, namely American Silver Eagles and American Gold Eagles. These eagle coins improved over their prior weekly sales, with the exception of the 1/4 oz gold size which remained the same and therefore came in with a zero weekly gain.
| Prior Weekly Increase | Weekly Increase | |
| American Gold Bullion Eagle (1 oz) | 12,500 | 16,000 |
| American Gold Bullion Eagle (1/2 oz) | 0 | 4,000 |
| American Gold Bullion Eagle (1/4 oz) | 10,000 | 0 |
| American Gold Bullion Eagle (1/10 oz) | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| American Silver Bullion Eagle (1 oz) | 652,500 | 697,500 |
March 2011 sales totals for each of the bullion coins should be available shortly. Unless there are serious improvements, however, it appears that all but one of eagle coins will register monthly totals which are below February 2011. Ironically, the 1/4 oz Gold Eagle which registered zero sales recently shows a current March total of 20,000 as compared to February when 16,000 were sold. It may be the only eagle coin to outperform.
More detailed analysis of the latest US Mint weekly sales may be found by reading the various coin news articles below.
American Eagle Bullion Coins Take Lead
Mike Unser | CoinNews.net
American Eagle bullion coins took center stage in the latest batch of US Mint sales figures. Their week-over-week sales levels improved for all but one offering. Seventeen US Mint numismatic products also outperformed their prior weekly gains, but the general sales trend for most collector coins and sets was down. Several were actually yanked back, registering lower totals than a week ago …
Silver Eagles Hot, Numismatic Silver Coins Cool
Staff | SilverCoinsToday.com
The market for bullion American Silver Eagles remains hot in March, but United States Mint numismatic silver products slowed for another week. One item did out-do its prior performance. Silver Eagles have been getting closer to the 3 million marker for March, but they have not crossed it yet. 2,767,000 have sold to US Mint Authorized Purchasers this month. As a comparison, nearly 3.4 million sold in March 2010 and more than 3.1 million sold in March 2009 …
Gold Buffalo interest at limits?
Dave Harper | Numismatic News
Interest in Medal of Honor commemoratives again exceeded that for the Army coins, but the sales rate continues to fall. Just 853 gold proofs were sold, bringing the total to 10,811. The uncirculated gold total rose by 377. The more popular and cheaper silver dollar proof total rose by 4,848 while the uncirculated dollar count was up by 1,800 …
