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

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.

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.)

2012 STAR-SPANGLED BANNER COINSBicentennial Silver Dollar Set2012 INFANTRY SOLDIER SILVER DOLLARS2012 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin2011 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin2012 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin2011 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin2012 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coin2012-S Proof Silver Eagle Two-Coin Set2012 AMERICAN EAGLE GOLD PROOF COINS2011 AMERICAN EAGLE GOLD PROOF COINS2012 American Buffalo Gold Proof2011 American Buffalo Gold ProofEliza Johnson Uncirculated (2011)Julia Grant Uncirculated (2011)Lucy Hayes Uncirculated (2011)Lucretia Garfield Proof (2011)Lucretia Garfield Uncirculated (2011)Making American History Coin & Currency Set2012 United States Mint Silver Proof Set2011 United States Mint Silver Proof Set2012 America The Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™2012 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™2011 America The Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™2012 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™2011 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set™2012 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set2012 United States Mint Uncirculated Set®2011 United States Mint Uncirculated Set®2012 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Set™2011 Presidential Uncirculated Dollar Set™2012-P Presidential $1 Four-Coin Set2012-D Presidential $1 Four-Coin SetAMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 5 OZ SILVER UNCIRCULATED COINSGettysburg National Military ParkVicksburg National Military ParkChickasaw National Recreation AreaChaco Culture National Historical ParkHawaii Volcanoes National ParkAMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL QUARTERS SETS – ADDITIONAL2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set2011 America the Beautiful Quarters “Circulated” Set2010 America the Beautiful Quarters “Circulated” SetAMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 3-COIN SETHAWAII VOLCANOES QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSCHACO CULTURE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSEL YUNQUE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSCHICKASAW QUARTER BAGS & ROLLSVICKSBURG QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS2011 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES $1 COIN ROLLS2011 JAMES GARFIELD $1 COIN ROLLS2012 CHESTER ARTHUR PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS2012 GROVER CLEVELANDPRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS2012 BENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARSPRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL SETS™KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLSNATIVE AMERICAN GOLDEN DOLLAR ROLLSU.S. Mint SALES: 2012 BULLION COINS*

*Includes 2011-dated coins.

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 5 OZ SILVER BULLION COINS

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