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Sales start strong for Puerto Rico quarter
Just look at the total for the first sales report for Puerto Rican quarters. Already the number of 1,000-coin bags exceeds what was sold for the District of Columbia quarter.
First Spouse makes fast start
The James Buchanan First Spouse coins appear here for the first time with sales already greater than those of the Jane Pierce coins if you combine the proof and uncirculated totals.
Proof silver sales start strong
Are hobby buyers a fickle lot? Collector gold offerings were noticeably down for the week as only 483 Buffalo proofs were sold.
Franklin Pierce dollars start strong
Rolls of Franklin Pierce Presidential dollars hit the Mint Statistics pages this week. Sales began at a fairly high level, already equaling two-thirds of the totals of the prior issue.
Bullion sales strong as June concludes
Bullion American Eagle sales ended June on a strong note. Sales were up by 3,000 for the one-ounce gold piece and by 300,000 for the silver ounce.
Strong price but demand falls
With the price of silver rising 13.5 percent in the month of September you would think sales of silver American Eagle bullion coins would be flying high. But you’d be wrong.
Mint Stats: Silver Eagles up at month end
Check the running annual sales totals for American Eagle and Buffalo bullion coins in the right-most column. This week’s numbers jumped by more than the numbers indicated by the September monthly box at the bottom of this page because of additional sales made in the final two days of August. These end-of-month numbers were substantial for the one-ounce silver Eagle where another 1,415,000 coins were sold in addition to the 175,000 at the beginning of September. This brings the running annual total to 29,126,000 coins.
Mint Stats: September Eagle bullion coin totals jump
There were 50,000 ounces in gold added to American Eagle production figures. Most of that quantity went into one-ounce coins, though the tenth-ounce coin total doubled. Silver Eagles almost doubled, too.