US Mint Coin Sales Still Lethargic, Lincoln Proof Set Sells Out

by Coin Collecting News Staff on December 23, 2009

in Commemorative Coins, Featured Coin News, First Spouse Gold Coins, Gold Coins, Presidential Dollar Coins, U.S. Coins, United States Mint, US Mint Sales

US Mint Coin Sales ReportThe latest United States Mint sales report has flavors of uneventful and declining numbers like those seen from last week. There are a few products that emerged from the dust, however.

First, the Lincoln One Cent Proof Set has been removed from the US Mint's online store. The set which contains the four redesigned 2009 Lincoln pennies are now listed as "sold out." The cents are specially composed of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin, or the same alloy as the original 1909 cent. The latest tally stands at 201,107 sold.

Demand picked up by about 2.3x for proof 2009 American Buffalo Gold Coins and by about 3.2x for Ultra High Relief Gold Coins. No doubt helping were their $50 price cuts on Dec. 16. Despite gold prices that continue to fall, a price reduction is unlikely for the gold coins this week. As a reminder, UHR sales stop on Dec. 31 and 3:00 PM ET.

Proof and mint sets all declined again, with the exception of the 2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set. It is the only way to purchase an uncirculated American Silver Eagle directly from the Mint -- albeit the 2008-dated version -- since the 2009s were canceled.

Taylor Coin & First Spouse Medal Set sales debuted this week. They went on sale Thursday, Dec. 18. Collectors purchased 2,702 by Sunday.

In a note worth mentioning, Northern Mariana Islands quarters in 1,000-coin bags from Philadelphia are moving much faster than their Denver counterpart with respective 1,293 and 663 sales. Past quarter sales of the bags have been generally much closer. The Northern Mariana Island quarter-dollars are now officially the scarcest of all 2009 quarters, or of any of the 50 State Quarters for the matter. The 2009-P's have the lowest mintage of any quarter in decades, explaining collector's extra interest in them.

The following table lists US Mint sales stats. The first three columns provide weekly increases between the listed time periods, offering a sense of recent trends. The final column provides the latest totals for US Mint coin products, as of Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.

  Unit
Increase
Nov 30 -
Dec 6
Unit
Increase
Dec 7 -
Dec 13
Unit
Increase
Dec 14 -
Dec 20
Latest
Sales
Totals
2009 American Eagle Platinum Proof* 7,207 793 0 8,000
2009 American Buffalo Gold Proof 2,348 398 922 41,553
2009 Ultra High Relief Gold Coin 1,131 587 1,887 110,681
FIRST SPOUSE GOLD COINS
Martin Van Buren Proof (2008)* 0 0 0 7,515
Martin Van Buren Uncirculated (2008)* 0 0 0 4,334
Harrison Proof (2009) 36 29 15 5,974
Harrison Uncirculated (2009) 13 19 5 3,086
Letitia Tyler Proof (2009) 39 30 24 4,571
Letitia Tyler Uncirculated (2009) 22 13 13 2,550
Julia Tyler Proof (2009) 51 25 41 4,184
Julia Tyler Uncirculated (2009) 18 23 9 2,386
Sarah Polk Proof (2009) 101 36 29 3,965
Sarah Polk Uncirculated (2009) 39 5 11 2,232
Zachary Taylor Proof (2009) 1,791 217 241 2,249
Zachary Taylor Uncirculated (2009) 1,048 82 118 1,248
US MINT PROOF SETS
2009 United States Mint Proof Set 31,106 25,948 16,032 1,392,782
U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set™ (18-coin) 14,845 12,136 10,041 628,289
2009 LINCOLN PROOF SET™* 7,489 2,677 0 201,107
2009 DC/Territories Quarters Proof Set 5,217 4,137 3,267 591,141
DC/Territories Quarters Silver Proof Set (6-coin) 2,802 2,300 1,786 264,169
2009 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™ 6,166 4,738 3,895 613,721
US MINT UNCIRCULATED SETS
2009 United States Mint Uncirculated Set 21,287 15,905 13,425 657,322
2009 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set™ (P&D) 1,744 1,385 927 98,658
2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set 1,400 1,302 1,338 93,756
LOUIS BRAILLE SILVER DOLLAR*
Proof 2,171 0 0 135,235
Uncirculated 652 0 0 48,863
Uncirculated Easy-Open Capsule 538 0 0 23,078
Braille Education Set 695 0 0 10,698
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS
100-coin bag (P) 4,160 988 514 5,662
1000-coin bag (P) 975 80 238 1,293
100-coin bag (D) 4,069 926 496 5,491
1000-coin bag (D) 561 74 28 663
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 18,817 4,271 2,070 25,158
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS*
100-coin bag (P) 0 0 0 7,203
1000-coin bag (P) 0 0 0 1,219
100-coin bag (D) 0 0 0 7,037
1000-coin bag (D) 0 0 0 1,181
Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) 0 0 0 31,925
2007 THOMAS JEFFERSON PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN BAGS & ROLLS
250-coin bag (P) 9 10 15 1,168
250-coin bag (D) 9 8 3 930
25-coin roll set (P) 133 162 149 69,705
25-coin roll set (D) 138 151 123 65,409
2007 JAMES MADISON $1 COIN BAGS & ROLLS
250-coin bag (P) 4 5 1 783
250-coin bag (D) 1 9 1 691
25-coin roll set (P) 114 124 119 57,557
25-coin roll set (D) 109 131 107 55,828
2008 JAMES MONROE PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN BAGS & ROLLS
250-coin bag (P) 0 2 78 1,037
250-coin bag (D) 1 6 2 557
25-coin roll set (P) 80 64 77 50,170
25-coin roll set (D) 71 57 57 48,930
2008 JOHN QUNICY ADAMS PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN BAGS & ROLLS
250-coin bag (P) 0 2 1 508
250-coin bag (D) 0 3 1 405
25-coin roll set (P) 82 72 75 45,496
25-coin roll set (D) 81 74 63 44,304
2008 ANDREW JACKSON PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN BAGS & ROLLS
250-coin bag (P) 9 4 1 499
250-coin bag (D) 7 6 1 511
25-coin roll set (P) 85 72 66 43,026
25-coin roll set (D) 80 59 60 41,894
2008 MARTIN VAN BUREN PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN BAGS & ROLLS
250-coin bag (P) 2 1 0 464
250-coin bag (D) 1 4 2 390
25-coin roll set (P) NLA NLA NLA NLA
25-coin roll set (D) 140 87 94 39,546
2009 JAMES K. POLK $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 0 584 202 38,320
25-coin roll set (D) 0 539 191 37,202
2009 ZACHARY TAYLOR $1 COIN ROLLS
25-coin roll set (P) 2,662 -28 737 33,160
25-coin roll set (D) 2,635 -76 739 31,905
PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL SETS™
William Henry Harrison 0 -7 -2 13,967
Letitia Tyler 0 -8 1 9,710
Julia Tyler 120 97 -615 7,643
Sarah Polk 149 159 892 8,363
Margaret Taylor 0 0 2,702 2,702
2009 KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS
200-coin bag (P&D) 84 330 74 10,033
2-roll set (P&D) 401 341 271 39,459
2009 NATIVE AMERICAN GOLDEN DOLLAR ROLLS*
25-coin roll set (P) 349 0 0 58,124
25-coin roll set (D) 211 0 0 53,336
PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN COVERS
William Henry Harrison 115 80 72 26,983
John Tyler 137 119 77 23,679
James K. Polk 175 173 136 21,492
2009 DC & TERRITORIES FIRST DAY COIN COVERS
District of Columbia 181 152 133 17,548
Puerto Rico 208 185 271 14,390
Guam 233 188 151 10,858
American Samoa 244 242 157 9,142
U.S. Virgin Islands 827 495 310 6,729
2009 LINCOLN TWO-ROLL SETS
Professional Life Cent 3,331 2,250 2,005 262,651
Presidency Cent 10,928 3,362 5,483 203,577

 

*Sold out or no longer available

BULLION COIN SALES
  DECEMBER* YEAR-TO-DATE
American Eagle Gold 1 oz 62,500 1,256,500
American Eagle Gold 1/2 oz 110,000 110,000
American Eagle Gold 1/4 oz 110,000 110,000
American Eagle Gold 1/10 oz 270,000 270,000
American Buffalo Gold 1 oz (sold out) 16,000 200,000
American Eagle Silver 1 oz 1,850,000 27,843,000

 

*The as of date for the bullion products are Dec. 22, 2009. For the always latest report, see US Mint Sales.

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