Mint Sales Figures

It’s quite possible higher prices provoked a major blow to First Spouse Gold Coin sales after last week’s figures had almost doubled. In fact, sales hadn’t declined this much in over a month. How bad was it? The latest US Mint stats have the total at only 133 versus 785. All of the 24 karat gold coins slowed.

Even though the figures showed double digit movement, not all were gains. Two coins, Julia Tyler uncirculated and Letitia Tyler uncirculated both lost significant sales, -28 and -69 respectively. The two most popular purchases were Abigail Fillmore’s proof and uncirculated. Each added 55 and 47, but last week’s numbers were 135 and 72. [click to continue…]

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Sales of First Spouse Gold Coins rebounded, the latest United States Mint statistics show. In fact, demand for the coins almost doubled. The combined new sales reached 785, blowing well past last week’s 404.

Buyers, no doubt, recognized the increasing gold value of the 24-karat half ounce coins when the London Fix gold price grew. Since the U.S. Mint waits until the middle of the week to calculate whether a numismatic price change is needed, there were several days of buying before the Mint re-aligned First Spouse coin prices with the market price of gold. [click to continue…]

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Another week of slower sales passed for the First Spouse Gold Coins series, the latest United States Mint sales figures revealed. The combined new sales equaled 404, compared to 588 last week.

Not surprisingly, the newer Abigail Fillmore coins held on to the number one spot, adding 112 proofs and 64 uncirculated. Other top performers included uncirculated Margaret Taylor’s and Sarah Polk’s. They improved by 55 and 42 respectively. Usually more proofs take these top positions than uncirculated versions.

At least the US Mint will leave First Spouse coin prices as they are this week. While gold has been surging, with prices on Wednesday hitting their highest level since December, its dip last week was enough to keep the London gold fix weekly average below $1,150 an ounce. That kept the Mint from raising the first lady coin prices by $25.

The gold pieces will certainly appear more attractive this week with their lower costs and now higher intrinsic values. Maybe that will be enough to spur a few more collectors to place orders. [click to continue…]

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Demand dwindled for First Spouse Gold coins after the US Mint raised its prices, according to the latest Mint sales report.

As a group, the 24-karat gold coins gained just 588, compared to their 1,238 jump last week. Prices increased on Wednesday, April 14. It may have been higher costs that caused the slump, or perhaps a distraction like the IRS tax deadline on April 15.

Even though sales drastically slowed, each offering still earned double digit increases, except Abigail Fillmore coins that recorded triple digits. The Fillmores jumped about the same: 172 for the proofs and 167 for the uncirculated. [click to continue…]

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First Spouse Gold Coins were in higher demand, according to the latest US Mint sales report. As a group, they grew by 1,238. The jump was a little surprising since prior totals had been 1,038 and 1,125.

Abigail Fillmore coins were again most popular. Collectors purchased 433 proof and 225 uncirculated. Although Fillmore’s growth is gently losing momentum. Their prior weekly gains were 534 and 232, and the week before that their numbers were 617 and 323.

Two more coins catapulted to triple digit numbers for the sales week. Margaret Taylor proofs jumped by 112, and Letitia Tyler proofs advanced by 104. Impressive, to say the least. The last time these two experienced similar increases was mid-February for Margaret Taylor and mid 2009 for Letitia Tyler. [click to continue…]

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Although First Spouse Gold Coin sales as a group have been naturally declining after an initial bump was brought about with the release of the 2010 Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Coins, new totals were only slightly smaller compared to last week’s report. The latest United States Mint weekly data reveals 1,038 were purchased versus 1,125.

The biggest difference can be attributed to the newest coins. 534 proof and 232 uncirculated Abigail Fillmore coins sold last week, as opposed to their previous pick up of 617 and 323. [click to continue…]

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Sales remained strong for the new Abigail Fillmore First Spouse coins, the latest US Mint sales data revealed. 617 proofs and 323 uncirculated sold, making their totals 2,441 and 1,380 respectively.

Combined, Abigail Fillmore coins totaled 3,821, which was still higher than the 2nd-week numbers of the last four launches, including the Margaret Taylor coins with 3,138, the Sarah Polk coins at 3,284, the Julia Tyler coins with 2,874, and the Letitia Tyler coins at 3,605.
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The first 2010 dated First Spouse Gold Coins debuted in the latest US Mint sales figures. Abigail Fillmore coins shined with three day sales hitting almost 3,000.

The US Mint sold 1,824 proofs and 1,057 uncirculated. Together, collectors took 2,881 of the new coins and made this the best launch in a long time. It was higher than the last four launches, which were 2,839 (MT), 2,605 (SP), 2,369 (JT), and 2,873 (LT). [click to continue…]

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According to the most recent US Mint sales figures, demand declined for First Spouse Gold Coins. Total sales fell again, for the second straight week. Just 127 were added, compared to 193 and 507 in prior weeks.

As far as most popular goes, the Margaret Taylor coins took top honors. The proof version sold the most, picking up 39 and beating last week’s increase of 30. The uncirculated version came in second by gaining 19 – a huge improvement over the previous week’s addition of only 4. [click to continue…]

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