The month of June started off reasonable strong for American Eagle sales. The US Mint moved more gold and silver bullion coins during week one compared to the final week of May.
In our prior two reports, the numbers were lopsided with gold and silver eagles splitting between good and humdrum sales. The latest US Mint figures show both bullion coins jumping with sales of silver eagles up 3.3 percent and gold eagles higher by 2.8 percent.
Gold prices moved swiftly higher until late last week, which likely helped the coins. But as always and for our weekly "disclaimer," given that the US Mint sells bullion coins only to authorized purchases who then sell to dealers or directly to the public, some give and take and delay should be placed into the equation for judging “today’s demand” when having only Mint numbers at hand.
Here are tables containing the most recent Mint sales figures for bullion coins:
Latest Two Weeks Bullion Coin Sales Totals
|
June 1
|
June 8
|
Unit Difference
|
% Difference
|
|
| Silver Eagle Sales |
11,579,500
|
11,956,500
|
377,000
|
3.3%
|
| Gold Eagle Sales |
554,500
|
570,000
|
15,500
|
2.8%
|
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 | 377,000 | 15,500 |
| Total* | 11,956,500 | 570,000 |
*As of June 8.
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 a recent analysis on gold eagle sales, read the CoinNews article Gold Eagle Coin Sales Mark 5th Best May. Read last week’s report by following US Mint Bullion Eagle Sales Reverse.
For links to the latest sales figures for US Mint collector coins, follow Collector Coin Sales.