First Spouse sells out, silver proofs gain

Maybe I?m dissing the First Spouse gold coins, but despite the sellout of the Jefferson version of the half-ounce gold coins this past week, I am leaving the box off the page. All that you need to remember for each of the three issues is 40,000 total evenly divided in 20,000-coin increments for each proof and uncirculated version.

Buyers also liked the 2007 silver proof set this week. Its sales jumped by 67,694. The regular clad set rose by 43,453. The clad set has been on the market longer.

Idaho has been added to the state quarter list and it continued the trend of increased production.