US Mint Sales: 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set Debuts

A new product, the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set, debuted on the US Mint sales charts and won the majority of attention, hands down. The quarters proof set did not have much of an impact on other sales, as only a handful of offerings, 29, managed to exceed their prior week’s increases.

United States Mint Image of the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set

The 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set launched Tuesday, January 17, and by January 23, collectors scooped up 50,774 of them. The annual set is in its third year of the America the Beautiful Quarters series, and it opened much earlier and with lower numbers than the prior two quarters sets. Despite being the best numismatic seller of the week, last year’s America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set opened in March with 53,944 in sales after four days, and the 2010-dated America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set opened in the month of May with a whopping 73,756 in four days.

As for the other products, the week-old 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set took second place with 8,048 after jumping out of the gate with 61,181 in sales. Third went to the 2011 Silver Proof Set. It surged by 3,084 but its jump accounted for two weeks of sales since its figure was not reported in the previous round. The 2011 Uncirculated Silver Eagles followed close behind with a 3,062 addition but had spiked by 4,775 in the previous round.

Rounding out the contenders that increased by more than one thousand were the 2011 Proof Set with 1,952, the Vicksburg Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin with 1,752, and the 2011 Mint Set with 1,051.

"Just" 525,000 bullion Silver Eagles were ordered by the US Mint’s Authorized Purchasers since last Thursday. So far 5,697,000 have sold in the month of January, but sales appear to be slowing as the month winds down. It is hard to tell if the six million marker will be crossed by the final day.

All available sales on United States 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, January 23, 2012. Bullion coin tables are found toward the bottom, with the most recent sales as of Thursday, January 26. (NLA = No Longer Available.) Check out the US Coins section of the site for more information on the products.

US Mint Sales

*Includes 2011-dated coins.