First Spouse Coin Sales Tumble Despite Price Change

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
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	1,733	1,498	-235	-13.6%	20,000
		Proof	2,903	2,844	-59	-2.0%	20,000
	2009 Sarah Polk First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	2,321	2,334	13	0.6%	20,000
		Proof	4,101	4,118	17	0.4%	20,000
	2009 Julia Tyler First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	2,443	2,452	9	0.4%	20,000
		Proof	4,308	4,322	14	0.3%	20,000
	2009 Letitia Tyler First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	2,609	2,620	11	0.4%	20,000
		Proof	4,653	4,672	19	0.4%	20,000
	2009 Anna Harrison First Spouse Coin Sales
			Previous Sales	New Sales	Unit Increase	% Increase	Mintage Limit
		Uncirc.	3,142	3,153	11	0.4%	20,000
		Proof	6,055	6,067	12	0.2%	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, January 31.

For historical sales reports, follow US Mint Sales.