The following was sent in an e-mail to the numismatic press
On November 2nd, one million San Francisco struck 2020 American Silver Eagle bullion coins will be offered to the United States Mint’s network of Authorized Purchasers via the Mint’s standard allocation model at a premium of $2.65 per coin, compared to the standard $2.35 per coin. This higher premium is necessary to cover the higher program costs associated with production costs at San Francisco. Authorized Purchasers are given the choice of either San Francisco or West Point as their pick-up facility.
This past summer, demand for the United States Mint’s American Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Program was extremely strong, and the Mint was at times unable to meet full market demand. In an effort to meet demand, the San Francisco Mint was used to augment American Silver Eagle bullion production.
The Mint has sold 24.5 million American Silver Eagle bullion coins to date in calendar year 2020 compared to 14.8 million American Silver Eagle bullion coins sold for the entire 2019 calendar year.
For consumer reference, the outside of the San Francisco-produced silver bullion coin green “monster” boxes will be labeled and numbered to allow purchasers of sealed boxes to confirm that the coins were produced at the San Francisco Mint. Each monster box contains 500 one-ounce coins. The production lot number on the green monster boxes of coins produced at San Francisco will incorporate the numbers 800,000 through 801,999.
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