This article was originally printed in Numismatic News.  >> Subscribe today! The Mint began selling the 5-ounce 2010 Yellowstone America the Beautiful silver collector coin May 17. The first 2010 collector version, the 5-ounce Hot Springs, had sold out a … Continue reading →

The Mint just could not quite sell out of its supplies of America the Beautiful 5-ounce silver coins in this reporting period. Continue reading →

Sales of the 2011 proof gold American Eagle coin options slowed dramatically this week. Continue reading →

The new 2011 proof gold American Eagle coins went on sale April 21 and the chart below has the numbers of each sales option sold by April 25 when these numbers were compiled. Continue reading →

This week is the quiet before the big offerings of 2010 and 2011 America the Beautiful 5-ounce silver coins and 2011 proof gold American Eagles. Continue reading →

The Mint sold 12,429,000 silver Eagles in the first three months. If it kept that pace up all year the annual total would be nearly 50 million coins.

This would represent yet another large increase in output as compared to the year before. The gold one-ounce Eagle on the other hand is setting a respectable pace of 263,500 coins in the quarter. If this pace were kept up for the entire year, annual sales would reach 1,054,000 coins, or a small drop from the 1,143,000 coins sold in 2010 and the 1,315,500 coins sold in 2009.

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The gold Buffalo bullion coin seems to be a one-week wonder. Only 4,000 coins were sold this week as compared to last week’s debut number of 31,000. Continue reading →

Was demand for gold down this week or simply shifted to the newly available one-ounce Buffalo bullion gold coin? Continue reading →

What the Mint giveth, the Mint taketh away. As I expected, the numbers for the Mount Hood quarters last week were indeed wonky. Continue reading →

Gold and silver American Eagle sales have been swift, and with gold hitting a record $1,437.20 on March 2 and silver smiling at $34.28, don’t be surprised to see that continue. Continue reading →