Mint Statistics: Gold coins tell their stories in numbers
Let’s talk about gold. The gold Buffalo proof coin went on sale. Initial numbers show collectors grabbed 7,597 in the first three days. To make room, I took the 2016…
Let’s talk about gold. The gold Buffalo proof coin went on sale. Initial numbers show collectors grabbed 7,597 in the first three days. To make room, I took the 2016 gold proof sales number off the chart below. It was 21,878. Write that down. We will make comparisons in the weeks ahead.
The American Liberty $100 gold coin passed the 20,000 mark. It is a nice round number, but well below the maximum that could be sold of 100,000. In any case, the current sales figure is precisely 20,087.
Bullion gold Eagles are moving ahead. They took a week longer than silver Eagles, but the May gold number is now ahead of the entire month of April, 8,500 ounces compared to 6,000.
Proof silver 2017 American Eagles moved ahead by just 2,199, bringing total sales to 253,049.
Accountants took eight sets off the 2017 Congratulations Set total, so it now stands at 74,898.
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More Collecting Resources
• Keep up to date on prices for Canada, United States and Mexico coinage with the 2017 North American Coins & Prices guide.
• Check out the newly-updated Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date that provides accurate identification, listing and pricing information for the latest coin releases.
