Buchanan’s Liberty uncirculated option commanded the most of collectors’ attention. It led the majority of sales with 493. In the last round, the Liberty coin advanced 199. [click to continue…]
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Uncirculated Jane Pierce First Spouse Gold Coin
Both of the Jane Pierce First Spouse Gold Coins are no longer available from the United States Mint. In the early part of the month, the Mint marked the proof version as "sold out," and this week they did the same to the uncirculated Jane Pierce First Spouse Gold Coin.
If it seems early for Pierce’s coins to sell out, it is. As of Sunday, March 20, their combined total across all options did not equal the maximum mintage of 15,000. Instead, their total came to 8,334 or 55% of the (published) authorized issuance. Only 3,491 uncirculated and 4,843 proofs had been sold. [click to continue…]
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Uncirculated Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coin
The United States Mint is no longer selling the uncirculated Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coin. It sold out this week.
The uncirculated coin was removed from the US Mint’s online store when the combined total of both the uncirculated and proof reached 63.5% of their published maximum mintage, or 9,537 of 15,000. At this time, the proof version is still available. [click to continue…]
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The two with sold out statuses, the James Buchanan’s Liberty Proof Coin and the Jane Pierce Proof Coin, both tumbled by -9 each. Buchanan’s uncirculated, however, blazed forward by 199 and outperformed its prior increase of 84. Pierce uncirculated, however, crept up by 31 after rising 36 in the last round. [click to continue…]
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This makes the second time the US Mint has recently removed a First Spouse coin’s availability before its mintage reached its published limit. The earlier one was James Buchanan’s Liberty Proof Coin which sold out in early February.
The US Mint launched the Jane Pierce coins on June 3, 2010, and set a limit of 15,000. As of Sunday, March 6, 2011, her proof hit 4,852 and her uncirculated was 3,274. Thus, their total equaled 8,126, or 54% of the maximum mintage that was first defined by the Mint. [click to continue…]
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The increase was necessary according to the US Mint’s pricing policy. When the average London Fix gold price moves beyond certain $50 price points as illustrated in the First Spouse Gold Coin pricing grid, and the Wednesday PM price that is used as a market trend indicator agrees with the direction the average has moved, then the Mint changes the gold coins’ prices by $25. [click to continue…]
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In all, 759 coins sold compared to 381. The split was fairly close between proofs and uncirculated, 405 and 354 respectively.
James Buchanan’s Liberty sold the most and the least. First, his uncirculated version climbed by 161 and topped all the other coins. [click to continue…]
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In the meantime, Buchanan’s uncirculated Liberty coins surged by 113. Perhaps the proof’s unavailability spurred the sales. The new total for the uncirculated moved up to 4,574. Altogether, 11,888 of the published 15,000 maximum mintage for the Liberty design have been purchased. [click to continue…]
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Since the US Mint bases their numismatic gold products on the market price of gold, First Spouse Coin prices are subject to change as early as tomorrow morning.
The Mint has been using a weekly average of London Fix prices taken from the previous Thursday AM Fix through to the following Wednesday AM Fix. Recently that gold average has risen above $1,350 an ounce. With that, an upward price adjustment could be in the works. [click to continue…]
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2011 First Spouse gold coin designs were finalized and unveiled by the US Mint earlier this month via a press release. The four coins honor the wives of the 17th through the 20th Presidents of the United States. The ladies are Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes and Lucretia Garfield.
The obverse of each coin is a portrait of the First Lady, and the reverse portrays a significant moment or aspect of their lives. [click to continue…]
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