US Coin Suspensions Dampen Sales, 2012 Mint Set Tops 300K

by Coin Collecting News on October 11, 2012

The 2012 US Mint Set crossed the 300K milestone after customers picked up 3,504 of them in the latest U.S. Mint sales report for coin collecting products.

2012 US Mint Uncirculated Coin Set

Collectors have purchased more than 300,000 of the 2012 US Mint Sets since their May 2012 release.

Overall, the US Mint Set has been receiving a baseline of collector support as they have maintained weekly increases of around two or three thousand. The 2012-dated set was released on May 21, 2012.

Their latest year-to-date total clocked in at 301,545. As a popularity comparison, the 2011 US Mint Set recently increased by 125 to land at 528,446. It has been available since February 8, 2011.

Silver Coin Suspensions and Sales

Another coin collecting product holding the spotlight was the 2012-W American Silver Eagle Proof Coin. Even though the U.S. Mint halted sales of silver coins on October 3 because their melt values had grown to a range near $34 an ounce, collectors scooped up 20,359 of them between Monday and Wednesday before the suspension. It is a wonder how many would have sold if the Mint had kept them available. In the prior week only 12,133 Eagles had been ordered. As for the other silver coins that were suspended — uncirculated Silver Eagle coins and ATB 5 ounce uncirculated silver coins, their sales stats were drastically lower than the previous week.

All available sales on U.S. Mint coin collecting 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 last column provides the latest United States Mint sales totals as of Monday, October 8. Bullion coin tables are found toward the bottom, with the most recent sales as of Wednesday, October 10, except for the America the Beautiful 5 Oz Silver Bullion Coins which the U.S. Mint last updated on Thursday, September 27. (NLA = No Longer Available.)

Table of Sales for U.S. Mint Coin Collecting Products

Unit
Change
Unit
Change
Unit
Change
Latest
Sales
9/18 – 9/24 9/25 – 10/1 10/2 – 10/8
2012 STAR-SPANGLED BANNER COINS
$5 Gold Proof 21 7 26 5,531
$5 Gold Uncirculated 100 16 17 4,571
$1 Silver Proof 277 263 370 106,084
$1 Silver Uncirculated 93 55 80 38,433
Proof Two-Coin Set 39 27 18 10,828
Bicentennial Silver Dollar Set 195 148 127 28,860
2012 INFANTRY SOLDIER SILVER DOLLARS
Proof Silver Dollar 210 340 255 101,840
Uncirculated Silver Dollar 45 260 70 42,036
Defenders of Freedom Set 84 99 61 44,635
AMERICAN EAGLES
2012 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin 226 118 193 6,498
2011 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin NLA NLA NLA 14,835
2012 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin 2,193 1,964 846 145,076
2011 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin 478 730 90 303,134
2012 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coin 149 17 37 5,524
2012-W Proof Silver Eagle 31,964 12,133 20,359 765,747
2012-S Proof Silver Eagle Two-Coin Set NLA NLA NLA 251,302
2012 AMERICAN EAGLE GOLD PROOF COINS
One ounce 200 102 195 8,427
One-half ounce 55 44 315 2,188
One-quarter ounce 73 60 82 2,495
One-tenth ounce 271 177 187 7,836
Four-Set 55 40 40 3,886
2011 AMERICAN EAGLE GOLD PROOF COINS
One ounce NLA NLA NLA 30,000
One-half ounce NLA NLA NLA 8,066
One-quarter ounce NLA NLA NLA 10,381
One-tenth ounce NLA NLA NLA 24,000
Four-Set 12 6 7 18,556
SEPTEMBER 11 NATIONAL MEDALS
West Point 87 104 52 105,597
Philadelphia 62 43 38 66,443
AMERICAN BUFFALO
2012 American Buffalo Gold Proof 211 212 178 15,452
2011 American Buffalo Gold Proof 46 39 35 27,784
FIRST SPOUSE GOLD COINS
Eliza Johnson Proof (2011) NLA NLA NLA 3,907
Eliza Johnson Uncirculated (2011) NLA NLA NLA 2,905
Julia Grant Proof (2011) NLA NLA NLA 3,969
Julia Grant Uncirculated (2011) NLA NLA NLA 2,961
Lucy Hayes Proof (2011) 20 67 12 3,663
Lucy Hayes Uncirculated (2011) NLA NLA NLA 2,263
Lucretia Garfield Proof (2011) 31 37 22 3,330
Lucretia Garfield Uncirculated (2011) NLA NLA NLA 2,498
U.S. Mint PROOF SETS
Making American History Coin & Currency Set 925 1,188 1,049 42,594
2012 United States Mint Silver Proof Set 4,088 4,032 3,179 308,156
2011 United States Mint Silver Proof Set 296 155 183 567,479
2012 Proof Set 8,390 7,661 9,062 559,801
2011 Proof Set 457 626 314 1,087,432
2012 Birth Set 349 273 280 28,838
2012 America The Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™ 641 680 793 113,645
2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™ 80 92 74 149,940
2012 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ 434 486 463 128,058
2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ 94 123 83 145,152
2012 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™ 1,207 942 1,037 209,398
2011 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™ 117 120 102 293,410
U.S. Mint UNCIRCULATED SETS
2012 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set 811 733 177 8,268
2012 United States Mint Uncirculated Set® 3,258 2,552 3,504 301,545
2011 United States Mint Uncirculated Set® -198 120 125 528,446
2012 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Set™ 520 403 499 50,951
2011 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Set™ 71 69 63 68,341
PRESIDENTIAL SETS
2012-P Presidential $1 Four-Coin Set 604 335 361 9,465
2012-D Presidential $1 Four-Coin Set 340 186 213 7,146
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 5 OZ SILVER UNCIRCULATED COINS
Gettysburg National Military Park 179 192 43 23,833
Glacier National Park 131 124 32 19,851
Olympic National Park 114 100 33 17,386
Vicksburg National Military Park 132 117 29 17,554
Chickasaw National Recreation Area 121 101 26 15,793
El Yunque National Forest 194 339 62 14,175
Chaco Culture National Historical Park 268 346 96 11,428
Acadia National Park 400 646 138 11,344
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park   9,186 623 9,809
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL QUARTERS SETS – ADDITIONAL
2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set 596 285 323 32,972
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set 154 87 37 34,506
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set 59 91 46 35,517
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters “Circulated” Set 83 73 63 21,667
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters “Circulated” Set 50 57 49 28,150
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 3-COIN SET
Hawaii Volcanoes Quarters 386 610 -3 12,661
Acadia Quarters 106 91 51 14,432
Chaco Culture Quarters 83 51 28 14,811
El Yunque Quarters 59 53 40 17,781
Chickasaw Quarters 30 21 15 13,851
Vicksburg Quarters 32 18 18 15,498
Olympic Quarters 34 16 14 15,287
Glacier Quarters 30 17 15 16,308
Gettysburg Quarters 25 21 14 19,089
Mount Hood Quarters 29 15 13 16,061
Grand Canyon Quarters 36 19 20 18,626
Yosemite Quarters 36 15 19 19,005
Yellowstone Quarters 36 16 17 21,425
Hot Springs Quarters 26 14 12 20,852
HAWAII VOLCANOES QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (S) 360 816 147 6,257
40-coin roll (S) 615 788 364 8,869
100-coin bag (P) 80 70 -22 2,709
100-coin bag (D) 82 75 -24 2,669
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 403 520 -115 18,241
ACADIA QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (S) 107 94 76 5,892
40-coin roll (S) 276 254 199 9,266
100-coin bag (P) 18 13 3 2,951
100-coin bag (D) 17 15 10 2,883
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 86 110 95 20,296
CHACO CULTURE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (S) 62 73 83 6,818
40-coin roll (S) 194 212 150 11,257
100-coin bag (P) 6 3 10 3,225
100-coin bag (D) 10 3 10 3,205
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 41 57 59 22,254
EL YUNQUE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (S) 78 49 114 8,936
40-coin roll (S) 172 160 110 15,463
100-coin bag (P) 5 1 8 3,660
100-coin bag (D) 6 5 9 3,534
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 34 37 42 23,317
CHICKASAW QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) 6 1 2 3,038
100-coin bag (D) 4 1 3 2,950
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 16 15 20 23,929
VICKSBURG QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) NLA NLA NLA 3,260
100-coin bag (D) NLA NLA NLA 3,177
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) NLA NLA NLA 25,938
2011 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) NLA NLA NLA 28,603
25-coin roll set (D) NLA NLA NLA 27,446
2011 JAMES GARFIELD $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 49 42 42 28,020
25-coin roll set (D) 41 39 28 26,446
2012 CHESTER ARTHUR PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS
25-coin roll set (P) 213 203 183 54,757
25-coin roll set (D) 189 151 122 49,375
100-coin bag (P) 9 6 6 799
100-coin bag (D) 14 8 6 747
250-coin box (P) 14 5 12 10,591
250-coin box (D) 13 10 8 5,123
500-coin box (P) 5 7 2 1,047
500-coin box (D) 2 4 0 1,029
2012 GROVER CLEVELANDPRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS
25-coin roll set (P) 480 392 314 49,699
25-coin roll set (D) 422 307 263 44,102
100-coin bag (P) 14 12 7 946
100-coin bag (D) 13 14 23 731
250-coin box (P) 23 12 20 9,406
250-coin box (D) 231 10 22 4,721
500-coin box (P) 15 6 2 763
500-coin box (D) -39 0 0 577
2012 BENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS
25-coin roll set (P) 474 968 996 40,289
25-coin roll set (D) 603 1,030 757 36,339
100-coin bag (P) 46 25 23 604
100-coin bag (D) 38 28 22 570
250-coin box (P) 67 236 131 8,167
250-coin box (D) 55 229 142 3,499
500-coin box (P) 20 10 22 611
500-coin box (D) 21 5 9 553
PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL SETS™
Abigail Fillmore 2 3 5 10,145
Jane Pierce 1 2 13 8,010
Buchanan’s Liberty 0 2 13 7,754
Mary Lincoln 13 15 19 15,103
Eliza Johnson 3 1 6 6,209
Julia Grant 6 4 17 6,417
Lucy Hayes 6 7 7 5,151
Lucretia Garfield 11 9 13 4,634
KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS
2012 200-coin bag (P&D) 147 250 52 5,549
2012 2-roll set (P&D) 147 118 228 17,377
2011 200-coin bag (P&D) NLA NLA NLA 9,455
2011 2-roll set (P&D) NLA NLA NLA 27,782
NATIVE AMERICAN GOLDEN DOLLAR ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 218 188 176 20,045
25-coin roll set (D) 200 176 181 19,996
100-coin bag (P) 43 25 34 1,234
100-coin bag (D) 20 16 39 1,198
250-coin box (P) 5 17 150 2,254
250-coin box (D) 13 23 153 2,230
500-coin box (P) 1 25 8 367
500-coin box (D) 3 14 6 344
2011 25-coin roll set (P) NLA NLA NLA 23,375
2011 25-coin roll set (D) NLA NLA NLA 22,926
PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN COVERS
William Henry Harrison 6 8 4 30,258
John Tyler 4 6 5 26,936
James K. Polk 7 7 3 25,194
Zachary Taylor 8 7 4 24,151
Millard Fillmore 7 6 4 22,959
Franklin Pierce 6 7 3 21,375
James Buchanan 11 4 4 20,122
Abraham Lincoln 32 55 8 34,312
Andrew Johnson 13 10 2 18,538
Ulysses S. Grant 16 21 1 18,705
Rutherford B. Hayes 13 12 3 16,667
James Garfield 24 12 10 15,817
Chester Arthur 30 29 21 15,334
Grover Cleveland (1st) 88 59 47 13,484
Benjamin Harrison 11,658 351 171 12,180
LINCOLN TWO-ROLL SETS
2010 Shield Cent 72 60 82 184,047

 

U.S. Mint SALES: 2012 BULLION COINS*
August September October YTD 2012
American Silver Eagles 2,870,000 3,255,000 1,233,000 27,028,000
American Eagle Gold 1 oz 34,000 63,000 7,500 418,000
American Eagle Gold 1/2 oz

3,000

2,000

0

61,000
American Eagle Gold 1/4 oz 4,000 4,000 0 62,000
American Eagle Gold 1/10 oz 25,000 35,000 10,000 260,000
American Buffalo Gold 1 oz 9,000 8,500 2,500 99,000

 

*Includes 2011-dated coins.

 

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 5 OZ SILVER BULLION COINS
Gettysburg 126,700
Glacier 126,700
Olympic 85,900
Vicksburg 39,500
Chickasaw 29,700
El Yunque 17,900
Chaco Culture 17,200
Acadia 18,000

Hawaii Volcanoes

10,400

 

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