Normally, when US First Spouse Gold Coin prices drop, sales go up. That was not the case this time. According to the latest United States Mint sales data, First Spouse coin sales took a nose dive. Overall sales retreated by negative 188. Last week’s overall was (positive) 240.
This report showed a triple digit adjustment on the Margaret Taylor Uncirculated coins, -235. The Proof version was not much better, dropping back -59. Perhaps the gains made on the Jan. 17 sales data for the Taylor coins, 320 and 261, were the object of the returns, cancellations, or accounting corrections.
Coin prices fell $25, from $729 to $704 for the proofs and $716 to $704 for the uncirculated on Jan. 27. The last time the Mint cut prices was Dec. 16. The following sales report later showed improvements.
On the bright side, the most sought after Spouse coin was the Letitia Tyler proofs, adding 19 and reaching 4,672. In second place was the Sarah Polk proofs, climbing 17 to arrive at 4,118 total.
The following tables compare the prior to most recent US Mint sales data:
2009 Margaret Taylor First Spouse Coin Sales |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit | |||
Uncirc. | 1,733 | 1,498 | -235 | -13.6% |
20,000
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Proof | 2,903 | 2,844 | -59 | -2.0% |
20,000
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2009 Sarah Polk First Spouse Coin Sales |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit | |||
Uncirc. | 2,321 | 2,334 | 13 | 0.6% |
20,000
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Proof | 4,101 | 4,118 | 17 | 0.4% |
20,000
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2009 Julia Tyler First Spouse Coin Sales |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit | |||
Uncirc. | 2,443 | 2,452 | 9 | 0.4% |
20,000
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Proof | 4,308 | 4,322 | 14 | 0.3% |
20,000
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2009 Letitia Tyler First Spouse Coin Sales |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit | |||
Uncirc. | 2,609 | 2,620 | 11 | 0.4% |
20,000
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Proof | 4,653 | 4,672 | 19 | 0.4% |
20,000
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2009 Anna Harrison First Spouse Coin Sales |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit | |||
Uncirc. | 3,142 | 3,153 | 11 | 0.4% |
20,000
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Proof | 6,055 | 6,067 | 12 | 0.2% |
20,000
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2008 Van Buren’s Liberty First Spouse Coin Sales |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit
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Uncirc. | 4,334 | 4,334 | 0 | 0.0% |
20,000
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Proof |
7,515 |
7,515 | 0 | 0.0% |
20,000
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2008 Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse Coin Sales* |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit
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Uncirc. | 4,754 | 4,754 | 0 | 0.0% |
20,000
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Proof | 7,806 | 7,806 | 0 | 0.0% |
20,000
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2008 Louisa Adams First Spouse Coin Sales* |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit
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Uncirc. | 4,223 | 4,223 | 0 | 0.0% |
20,000
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Proof | 7,454 | 7,454 | 0 | 0.0% |
20,000
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2008 Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse Coin Sales* |
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Previous Sales
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New Sales
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Unit Increase
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% Increase
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Mintage Limit
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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, January 31.
For historical sales reports, follow US Mint Sales.
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One day these coins will be highly sought after. The mintages so low and aside from the Buffalo, the only other 24k gold coin minted.
Just a note of encouragement for this site. I look at or refer to this site one or two times a week. I think the information provided on this site is invaluable, and also provides significant education about the First Spouses themselves. Keep up the great work! After seeing the lack of comments over the past several weeks, I did not want you guys to think that we were not appreciative of your site!
Ditto!!
I really enjoy your articles and thanks for all the information. I did not receive one this past week. Did you send one out? Thanks
Thanks! The winter storms through the DC area shut the US Mint down for all but one day last week. As a result, they did not send sales figures. We did receive the latest batch of numbers late this afternoon, however, and will make them available tomorrow.
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