Compared to prior US Mint sales figures, the Eagle Silver Bullion coin total was unchanged while Eagle Gold Bullion coins remained level with a sales increase matching last week’s report. 9,500 more were sold.
As always, given that the US Mint sells bullion coins only to authorized dealers who then sell to the public, some give and take and delay should be placed into the equation for judging “today’s demand” when having just Mint numbers at hand.
However, there appears to be a slowdown in sales for silver eagles, with dealers likely not taking their maximum allotted quantities and leaving the Mint with inventory — which would account for the silver eagle figures not changing in over a week.
Here are tables containing the most recent Mint sales figures for bullion coins:
Recent Two Weeks Bullion Coin Sales Totals
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May 18
|
May 26
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Unit Difference
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% Difference
|
|
| Silver Eagle Sales |
11,277,000
|
11,277,000
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0
|
0.0%
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| Gold Eagle Sales |
543,000
|
552,500
|
9,500
|
1.7%
|
2009 American Eagle Bullion Coin Sales by Month
| Silver Eagles | Gold Eagles | |
| January | 1,900,000 | 92,000 |
| February | 2,125,000 | 113,500 |
| March | 3,132,000 | 136,500 |
| April | 2,518,000 | 147,500 |
| May* | 1,602,000 | 63,000 |
| Total | 11,277,000 | 552,500 |
*As of May 26th.
The US Mint has not yet begun selling 2009 Platinum Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coins. The following pages have been updated with the latest figures:
For links to the latest sales figures for US Mint collector coins, follow Collector Coin Sales.