New issues modify weekly list

The 2011 Vicksburg America the Beautiful 5-ounce silver collector coin goes on the board below at 7,861 of a potential 35,000. The 2010 Mount Hood 5-ounce collector coin was just declared sold out. The asterisk goes on a sales total of 26,928 of a possible 27,000. That number could fluctuate a bit, depending on possible returns or problems with credit cards.

Another new 2012 item, the five-quarter silver proof set, registered 61,181 in the first sales report since it went on sale. As a consequence the 2010 sales numbers are starting to be removed from these pages to make space for the 2012 issues.

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The 2011 proof gold American Eagles saw additional sales of 327 half-ounce coins and 551 and 684 of the quarter-ounce and tenth-ounce pieces, respectively.

Bullion buyers took another 865,000 silver American Eagles, bringing the running January total to 5,122,000 pieces.

Gold one-ounce Eagle sales rose by just 4,500 to 64,000 while the half ounce rose by 3,000 and the quarter ounce by 2,000.