US Mint bullion coin sales picked up for both gold and silver American Eagles.
Since Monday, Aug. 10, the Mint has sold 500,000 more silver eagles. That compares to the 380,000 added during the prior seven days. The total for 2009 is now at 17,514,500.
In contrast, 18,000 more gold eagles have been scooped up since last Monday versus the previous 14,000 increase. 788,500 have been sold to date.
Here are tables containing the most recent US Mint sales figures of bullion coins:
Latest American Eagle Bullion Coin Sales Totals
|
Aug 10
|
Aug 17
|
Unit Difference
|
% Difference
|
|
| Silver Eagle Sales |
17,014,500
|
17,514,500
|
500,000
|
2.9%
|
| Gold Eagle Sales |
770,500
|
788,500
|
18,000
|
2.3%
|
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 | 1,904,000 | 65,000 |
| June | 2,245,000 | 116,000 |
| July | 2,810,000 | 86,000 |
| August | 880,000 | 32,000 |
| Total* | 17,514,500 | 788,500 |
*As of Aug 17. The US Mint sells bullion coins, which are the non collector versions, only to its authorized purchasers who then sell to dealers and/or directly to the public. With that, some give and take and delay should be placed into the equation for judging "today’s demand" for these coins when having only Mint numbers at hand.
For links to the latest sales figures for US Mint collector coins, follow Collector Coin Sales.