The 2008 quarter-ounce gold proof American Eagle annual sales total more than doubled to 14,795 this week. Another large increase was for the “W” uncirculated gold American Eagle, which rose 988 to 6,715.
Sales of uncirculated 2013-W gold American Eagles leaped 18 percent in just one week.
Apparently record gold prices and a pending price hike energized buyers of the proof gold American Eagle coins.
The half-ounce proof American Eagle gold coin total took quite a jump this week, rising 2,639 to 5,808. I know the buyers looking for end-of-year rarities are pouncing where they see opportunity
This week it was the one-ounce 2013-W proof gold American Eagle coin’s turn to experience a jump in sales.
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.
Proof 2012-W silver American Eagles sales set the pace this week. Buyers nabbed another 41,853 pieces to bring the running total to 701,291.
One-ounce gold bullion American Eagles set the sales pace this week as 21,500 more were sold, bringing the running total for October to 29,000 and the running total for the year to 439,500.
With the Mint’s new focus on the one-ounce gold and silver American Eagle bullion coins, you will note that those were the only totals that changed in that box this week.
Sales of the fractional gold American Eagle coins fell dramatically from June to July and there was no action at all in the first couple of days of August.
