El Yunque National Forest Quarters Sales Debut

by Coin Collecting News on February 8, 2012

El Yunque National Forest Quarters Bags and Rolls

United States Mint sales figures revealed the newest El Yunque National Forest Quarters helped supplement collector interest to several other numismatic products.

In all 62 items outperformed their previous weekly gains compared to 21 in the previous report, and the new items that captured the most attention were El Yunque Quarters in bags and rolls.

 El Yunque quarters launched on Friday, February 3. The coins honor El Yunque National Forest located in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, and they are the eleventh in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. Split up, collectors ordered 2,189 of the 100-coin bags from Philadelphia and 2,131 of the 100-coin bags from Denver. The two-roll set was a top seller with 15,542.

Compared to recent quarter debuts, the newest release had a slower start, but it also opened much later in the week while the prior three launched on a Monday. The 2011 Chickasaw Quarter Two-Roll Set started with 17,754; the Vicksburg Quarter Two-Roll Set debuted at 18,719; and the Olympic Quarter Two-Roll Set began with 18,448

As with many debuts within a series, an old design is removed from the US Mint shelves when a new design appears. That was the case with the Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter bags and rolls when the El Yunque National Forest Quarters opened.

Close in popularity behind the new El Yunque quarters were the 2011 Uncirculated Silver Eagles. Many more orders for the coins were taken in this latest round compared to the prior one. Collectors recently took in 14,286 of them versus 4,455. The 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set also spiked, taking third place as it advanced 4,422 after adding 1,190.

A few US Mint bullion coins got a good start for the new month. The Silver Eagles are already at 710,000 and the one ounce Gold Eagles have 8,000. The quarter ounce Gold Eagles have climbed by 2,000 and the Gold Buffalos rose by 1,500.

All available sales on US Mint products are below. The first three columns of the table provide weekly United States Mint sales increases between the listed time periods, offering a sense of recent trends. The final column provides the latest United States Mint sales totals as of Monday, February 6, 2012. Bullion coin tables are found toward the bottom, with the most recent sales as of Tuesday, February 7, except for the five ounce bullion coins. According to the US Mint, their numbers were last updated on January 27, 2012. (NLA = No Longer Available.) Check out the US Coins section of the site for more information on the products.

US Mint Sales

  Unit
Change
Unit
Change
Unit
Change
Latest
Sales
  1/18 – 1/23 1/24 – 1/30 1/31 – 2/6  
 
25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Set NLA NLA NLA 100,000
2011 Uncirculated Silver Eagles 3,062 4,455 14,286 260,043
2011 Proof Silver Eagles NLA NLA NLA 850,000
2011 American Eagle Platinum Proof 449 272 156 13,348
2011 American Gold Eagle Uncirculated 12 NLA NLA 8,822
 
2011 American Gold Eagle Proof Coins
One ounce NLA NLA NLA 30,000
One-half ounce 36 122 89 7,656
One-quarter ounce 0 0 0 10,381
One-tenth ounce 189 194 811 21,693
Four-Set 84 122 128 17,613
 
September 11 National Medals
West Point 115 122 155 96,484
Philadelphia 76 85 132 62,407
 
2011 American Buffalo Gold Proof 200 250 285 24,391
2010 American Buffalo Gold Proof NLA NLA NLA 49,374
 
FIRST SPOUSE GOLD COINS
Eliza Johnson Proof (2011) 16 13 5 3,745
Eliza Johnson Uncirculated (2011) 4 10 5 2,748
Julia Grant Proof (2011) 19 12 7 3,882
Julia Grant Uncirculated (2011) 12 10 7 2,512
Lucy Hayes Proof (2011) 29 26 15 3,029
Lucy Hayes Uncirculated (2011) 18 17 7 1,942
Lucretia Garfield Proof (2011) 74 34 32 2,407
Lucretia Garfield Uncirculated (2011) 13 31 24 1,494
 
US MINT PROOF SETS
2012 America The Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™ 50,774 5,497 3,955 60,226
2012 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ 8,048 1,190 4,422 74,841
2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ 818 431 604 137,939
2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™ 553 360 1,365 142,890
2011 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™ 445 619 768 283,426
2011 United States Mint Silver Proof Set 3,084 947 1,180 549,441
2011 Proof Set 1,952 1,340 1,816 1,061,533
 
US MINT UNCIRCULATED SETS
2011 United States Mint Uncirculated Set 1,051 703 903 515,077
2010 United States Mint Uncirculated Set NLA NLA NLA 583,912
2011 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Set™ 343 219 272 62,884
2010 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Set™ NLA NLA NLA 98,620
 
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 5 OZ SILVER UNCIRCULATED COINS
Vicksburg National Military Park 1,752 1,688 1,036 12,337
Olympic National Park 467 715 478 13,598
Glacier National Park 339 568 450 16,165
Gettysburg National Military Park 373 592 565 19,109
Mount Hood National Forest 97 NLA NLA 26,928
Grand Canyon National Park NLA NLA NLA 26,019
Yosemite National Park NLA NLA NLA 27,000
Yellowstone National Park NLA NLA NLA 27,000
Hot Springs National Park NLA NLA NLA 27,000
 
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set 108 72 122 31,724
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set 95 65 91 33,041
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters "Circulated" Set 392 269 367 15,889
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters "Circulated" Set 378 90 142 25,135
 
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 3-Coin Set
Chickasaw Quarters 253 122 169 12,162
Vicksburg Quarters 90 25 100 14,305
Olympic Quarters 52 22 70 14,290
Glacier Quarters 48 25 70 15,318
Gettysburg Quarters 54 30 84 17,900
Mount Hood Quarters 27 29 41 15,196
Grand Canyon Quarters 37 31 42 17,595
Yosemite Quarters 28 23 32 18,033
Yellowstone Quarters 26 20 35 20,436
Hot Springs Quarters 31 29 29 20,055
 
EL YUNQUE QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P)     2,189 2,189
100-coin bag (D)     2,131 2,131
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D)     15,542 15,542
 
CHICKASAW QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) 26 13 24 2,811
100-coin bag (D) 28 9 20 2,719
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 163 134 173 22,061
 
VICKSBURG QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) 13 6 14 3,080
100-coin bag (D) 12 5 21 3,005
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 76 66 119 24,760
 
OLYMPIC QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) 11 4 13 3,456
100-coin bag (D) 9 3 15 3,359
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 56 45 84 25,922
 
GLACIER QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) 10 4 9 3,693
100-coin bag (D) 11 3 12 3,850
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 48 31 55 27,841
 
GETTYSBURG QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) 8 8 9 4,787
100-coin bag (D) 6 7 7 4,609
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 51 36 29 33,136
 
2011 ANDREW JOHNSON $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 46 24 31 31,998
25-coin roll set (D) 29 17 23 30,464
 
2011 ULYSSES S. GRANT $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 60 32 78 30,233
25-coin roll set (D) 57 110 -39 29,049
 
2011 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 81 41 89 27,233
25-coin roll set (D) 65 55 64 26,160
 
2011 JAMES GARFIELD $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 206 146 215 24,961
25-coin roll set (D) 188 144 150 23,861
 
PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL SETS™
Abigail Fillmore 10 17 11 9,934
Jane Pierce 11 15 10 7,796
Buchanan’s Liberty 21 18 11 7,484
Mary Lincoln 31 25 37 14,196
Eliza Johnson 21 16 16 5,878
Julia Grant 32 29 31 5,950
Lucy Hayes 49 42 39 4,598
Lucretia Garfield 188 131 106 3,375
 
2011 KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS
200-coin bag (P&D) 47 216 79 9,434
2-roll set (P&D) 86 81 137 24,966
 
2011 NATIVE AMERICAN GOLDEN DOLLAR ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 90 51 101 22,054
25-coin roll set (D) 77 83 87 21,774
 
PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN COVERS
William Henry Harrison 12 10 17 29,938
John Tyler 9 9 16 26,664
James K. Polk 10 15 19 24,902
Zachary Taylor 14 7 14 23,868
Millard Fillmore 8 4 4 22,694
Franklin Pierce 9 4 6 21,073
James Buchanan 13 9 6 19,789
Abraham Lincoln 59 27 51 32,932
Andrew Johnson 17 4 37 18,063
Ulysses S. Grant 36 17 43 17,993
Rutherford B. Hayes 51 36 62 15,846
James Garfield 187 -598 127 14,198
 
LINCOLN TWO-ROLL SETS
2010 Shield Cent 131 95 148 180,401

 

US MINT SALES: 2012 BULLION COINS*
  January February YTD 2012
American Silver Eagles 6,107,000 710,000 6,817,000
American Eagle Gold 1 oz 84,500 8,000 92,500
American Eagle Gold 1/2 oz 49,000 0 49,000
American Eagle Gold 1/4 oz 38,000 2,000 40,000
American Eagle Gold 1/10 oz 85,000 0 85,000
American Buffalo Gold 1 oz 13,500 1,500 15,000

*Includes 2011-dated coins.

 

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 5 OZ SILVER BULLION COINS
Gettysburg     126,700
Glacier     126,700
Olympic     84,600
Vicksburg     37,3000
Chickasaw     28,100

 

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