First Spouse Coin Sales: Abigail Fillmore Proof Remains Top Seller

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.

However, the Mint is also releasing the 2010 bullion Buffalo coins on Thursday, which have lower premiums since they are bullion and not numismatic offerings. (See sister site CoinNews article: 2010 Buffalo Gold Bullion Coins Available.) As newly dated, they will command much better attention with both investors and collectors later this week, as compared to the First Spouse Coins.

The following tables compare the prior to most recent U.S. Mint sales data:

	2010 Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	2,004	2,068	64	3.2%	15,000
		Proof	3,580	3,692	112	3.1%
	2009 Margaret Taylor First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	1,942	1,997	55	2.8%	20,000
		Proof	3,523	3,554	31	0.9%	20,000
	2009 Sarah Polk First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	2,657	2,699	42	1.6%	20,000
		Proof	4,482	4,505	23	0.5%	20,000
	2009 Julia Tyler First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	2,687	2,698	11	0.4%	20,000
		Proof	4,661	4,681	20	0.4%	20,000
	2009 Letitia Tyler First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	3,001	3,026	25	0.8%	20,000
		Proof	5,016	5,037	21	0.4%	20,000
	2009 Anna Harrison First Spouse Coin Sales*
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	3,537	3,537	0	0.0%	20,000
		Proof	6,250	6,250	0	0.0%	20,000
	2008 Van Buren’s Liberty First Spouse Coin Sales*
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	4,334	4,334	0	0.0%	20,000
		Proof	7,515	7,515	0	0.0%	20,000
	2008 Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse Coin Sales*
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	4,754	4,754	0	0.0%	20,000
		Proof	7,806	7,806	0	0.0%	20,000
	2008 Louisa Adams First Spouse Coin Sales*
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	4,223	4,223	0	0.0%	20,000
		Proof	7,454	7,454	0	0.0%	20,000
	2008 Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse Coin Sales*
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	4,519	4,519	0	0.0%	20,000
		Proof	7,933	7,933	0	0.0%	20,000

*No longer sold by the United States Mint. Final sales figures are listed. The “as of date” for the latest Mint figures is Sunday, April 25.