Taylor First Spouse Gold Topples Buchanan’s Liberty Coin

An upset appeared in the US Mint’s weekly First Spouse Gold Coin statistics. Another coin’s sales outperformed Buchanan’s Liberty coins for the first time since their launch on September 2, 2010. The Margaret Taylor gold uncirculated catapulted by 208 while Buchanan’s proof followed with 100 and his uncirculated with 69.

Taylor’s surge might be due to the fact that her coins will likely be leaving the Mint’s line up as early as December 2, 2010, when Mary Lincoln’s First Spouse coins launch. The problem with that theory is that Taylor’s proof version had the fewest sales, just 18.

It should be noted that Buchanan’s Liberty golf coins are slowly encroaching on a sell out. The Mint will stop selling them if they reach their maximum mintage of 15,000 across both options. As of Sunday, they were at 10,061, leaving only 4,939 more to be sold.

The United States Mint kept First Spouse Gold Coin prices at $829 for the proofs and $816 for the uncirculated. Prices nearly changed on Wednesday, October 20, but the London Fix PM price managed to fall within the current weekly range. For details, see First Spouse Gold, Eagle and Buffalo Coin Prices Up in Air. The threat, however, might have boosted sales for next week’s report.

For the sets, sales of the Presidential $1 and First Spouse Medal combo slowed. 612 sold versus 894. Buchanan’s set led the pack with 301, and Pierce’s set trailed him with 119. The lowest in the group was Polk’s gain of 33.

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

The “as of date” for the latest Mint figures is Sunday, October 17. Visit the First Spouse Gold home page for more information on the series.