US Mint Sales: Proof Buffalo Gold, Five Ounce Silver Coins Debut

The US Mint released four new coins last week, resulting in five new products and solidly higher numismatic sales overall.

The debut of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential $1 Coin Rolls, the Yellowstone National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, the 2011 Proof Buffalo Gold Coin, and the Olympic National Park Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coin all show up in this week's US Mint sales figures.

Grant's Presidential $1 Coin Rolls went on sale for $39.95. Buyers have a choice between the 25-coin rolls from the mint facility in Philadelphia (P) or Denver (D). Between their release on Thursday, May 19 and Sunday, May 22, collectors took in 40,119 of Grant's rolls. Broken out, 20,174 were (P) and 19,945 were (D) rolls.

Those numbers were slower than Andrew Johnson's $1 Roll release which totaled 45,734, but Johnson's inaugural sales included an extra day. The table below demonstrates the last five $1 roll launches, although the number of debut sales' days do vary.

Yellowstone National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin is the second numismatic five ounce silver coin from the US Mint. It opened on Tuesday, May 17 for $279.95 with an order limit of one coin per household. By Sunday, 24,626 collectors placed their orders. That number was quite close to Hot Springs' debut of "approximately 25,000." If sales of the Yellowstone silver coin follow the same pattern as Hot Springs', then the Mint will initiate a waiting list for the item roughly one week from today.

The Olympic National Park Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coin was made available Monday, but only to the Mint's network of participating silver Authorized Purchasers. It was the eighth one in the bullion series that has been selling out. First day sales were reported at 60,700.

The 2011 American Buffalo Gold Proof Coin also launched on Thursday, May 19. The price of the item might have hurt its beginning on the market. The proof Buffalo started at $1,760.00 and buyers scooped up 5,782 by Sunday, which was significantly less than last year's debut of 15,071. The piece was more than $200 lower when it first appeared in 2010 at $1,510.

The first three columns of the table below provide weekly US Mint sales increases between the listed time periods, offering a sense of recent trends. The final column provides the latest US Mint sales totals as of Sunday, May 22, 2011. Bullion coin tables are found toward the bottom, with the most recent sales as of Wednesday, May 25. (NLA = No Longer Available.)

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2011 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coins2011 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coins2011 U.S. Army Commemorative Coins2011 American Buffalo Gold Proof2010 American Buffalo Gold ProofAbigail Fillmore Uncirculated (2010)Jane Pierce Uncirculated (2010)Buchanan's Liberty Proof (2010)Buchanan's Liberty Uncirculated (2010)Mary Lincoln Uncirculated (2010)Eliza Johnson Uncirculated (2011)2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™2011 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™2011 United States Mint Silver Proof Set2011 United States Mint Proof Set2010 United States Mint Proof Set2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set2010 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set™ (18-coin)2010 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™2010 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™2011 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set™2011 United States Mint Uncirculated Set2010 United States Mint Uncirculated Set2010 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set™AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 5 OZ SILVER UNCIRCULATED COINS2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set2010 America the Beautiful Quarters "Circulated" Coin Set2010 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 3-COIN SETGLACIER QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSGETTYSBURG QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSMOUNT HOOD QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSGRAND CANYON QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSYOSEMITE QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSYELLOWSTONE QUARTER QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSHOT SPRINGS QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS2009 JAMES K. POLK $1 COIN ROLLS2009 ZACHARY TAYLOR $1 COIN ROLLS2010 MILLARD FILLMORE $1 COIN ROLLS2010 FRANKLIN PIERCE $1 COIN ROLLS2010 JAMES BUCHANAN $1 COIN ROLLS2010 ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1 COIN ROLLS2011 ANDREW JOHNSON $1 COIN ROLLS2011 ULYSSES S. GRANT $1 COIN ROLLSPRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL SETS™2011 KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS2010 KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS2011 NATIVE AMERICAN GOLDEN DOLLAR ROLLS2010 NATIVE AMERICAN GOLDEN DOLLAR ROLLSUS MINT SALES: 2011 BULLION COINSAmerica the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins

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