The latest United States Mint numismatic sales reports features the debut of another new product, the 2011 Uncirculated Mint Set. Meanwhile, the proof version of the 2009 James Buchanan's Liberty Gold Coin has sold out, representing an unexpected development for the current gold offerings.
Sales of the 2011 Mint Set began on February 8, 2011, about five months earlier than last year's comparable product. This year's set includes a total of 28 coins from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints. Instead of the satin finish used in recent years, the coins included in the set feature a brilliant finish.
Through the sales reporting date of February 13, 2011, the US Mint has sold 191,391 of the 2011 Mint Sets. This is a decline of about 5% from the debut figure for last year's set. It also compares to opening sales of 253,144 for the 2011 Proof Set and 209,367 for the 2011 Silver Proof Set.
As mentioned, the James Buchanan's Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin sold out during the weekly period. This was somewhat unexpected since total sales still had a ways to go before reaching the maximum mintage. Apparently the US Mint under produced the coin based on demand forecasts. The uncirculated version of the coin remains available for sale.
The recently released Army Commemorative Coins saw the pace of sales slow from last week. Typically, US Mint products experience their strongest sales in the week of release, after which point the pace of sales slows considerably. In the past week, the $5 gold coins sold 2,866, the silver dollars sold 20,061, and the half dollars sold 13,593, across proof and uncirculated versions.
The complete US Mint numismatic product sales report appears below. Figures are compiled through February 13, 2011. The first number column represents total sales through the reporting date, and the second number column represents the change in sales since the last report. Lines which appear in bold represent products which have debuted on this report. Figures which are followed by an asterisk (*) are no longer available for sale from the United States Mint. Currently available US Mint products can be found online at http://catalog.usmint.gov/
| Product | Sales | Change |
| 2010 AMERICAN BUFFALO GOLD PROOF COIN | 45,580 | 342 |
| 2011 ARMY COMMEMORATIVE COINS | ||
| $5 Gold Proof | 9,969 | 2,108 |
| $5 Gold Uncirculated | 3,803 | 758 |
| $1 Silver Proof | 61,436 | 14,541 |
| $1 Silver Uncirculated | 26,218 | 5,520 |
| .50 Cent Clad Proof | 39,463 | 9,301 |
| .50 Cent Clad Uncirculated | 23,820 | 4,292 |
| FIRST SPOUSE GOLD COINS | ||
| Abigail Fillmore Proof (2010) | 5,596 | 14 |
| Abigail Fillmore Uncirculated (2010) | 3,366 | 31 |
| Jane Pierce Proof (2010) | 4,677 | 22 |
| Jane Pierce Uncirculated (2010) | 2,995 | 131 |
| Buchanan's Liberty Proof (2010) | 7,314* | (3) |
| Buchanan's Liberty Uncirculated (2010) | 4,574 | 113 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln Proof (2010) | 5,239 | 45 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln Uncirculated (2010) | 2,559 | 27 |
| 2011 PROOF SETS | ||
| 2011 U.S. Mint Proof Set | 395,069 | 73,789 |
| 2011 SILVER PROOF SETS | ||
| 2011 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set | 257,148 | 24,630 |
| 2011 UNCIRCULATED MINT SETS | ||
| 2011 U.S. Mint Uncirculated Set | 191,391 | 191,391 |
| 2010 PROOF SETS | ||
| 2010 U.S. Mint Proof Set | 1,060,329 | 0 |
| 2010 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set | 519,553 | 1,456 |
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set | 259,863 | 818 |
| 2010 SILVER PROOF SETS | ||
| 2010 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set | 535,838 | 3,532 |
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set | 236,683 | 1,162 |
| 2010 UNCIRCULATED MINT SETS | ||
| 2010 U.S. Mint Uncirculated Set | 561,035 | 1,861 |
| 2010 Presidential $1 Coin Unc Set | 93,132 | 350 |
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters | 22,628 | 427 |
| 2010 CIRCULATING COIN SETS | ||
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters | 14,381 | 299 |
| 2010 NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-Coin Roll (P) | 38,509 | 333 |
| 25-Coin Roll (D) | 38,190 | 225 |
| 2010 ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 46,665 | 410 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 46,381 | 282 |
| 2010 JAMES BUCHANAN $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 33,283 | 105 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 32,795 | 100 |
| 2010 FRANKLIN PIERCE $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 35,146 | 59 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 34,480 | 59 |
| 2010 MILLARD FILLMORE $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 38,338 | 28 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 36,572 | 35 |
| 2009 ZACHARY TAYLOR $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 39,782 | 17 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 37,929 | 24 |
| 2009 JAMES K. POLK $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 42,270 | 18 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 40,569 | 25 |
| 2010 KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 200-Coin Bag | 8,846* | 0 |
| Two-roll set | 35,887* | 549 |
| 2011 GETTYSBURG QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 3,832 | 198 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 3,749 | 192 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 24,485 | 1,312 |
| 2010 MOUNT HOOD QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 5,738 | 24 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 5,494 | 24 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 31,301 | 200 |
| 2010 GRAND CANYON QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 6,308 | 33 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 6,649 | 31 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 33,382 | 135 |
| 2010 YOSEMITE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 6,912 | 21 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 6,959 | 30 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 36,040 | 103 |
| 2010 YELLOWSTONE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 8,082 | 25 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 8,568 | 18 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 41,193 | 106 |
| 2010 HOT SPRINGS QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 9,548 | 16 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 8,881 | 22 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 46,284 | 92 |
| 2010 LINCOLN TWO-ROLL SETS | ||
| Preservation of the Union | 172,202 | 378 |
| PRESIDENTIAL DOLLAR COIN COVERS | ||
| William Henry Harrison | 29,181 | 25 |
| John Tyler | 25,976 | 31 |
| James K. Polk | 24,196 | 31 |
| Zachary Taylor | 23,130 | 37 |
| Millard Fillmore | 22,037 | 30 |
| Franklin Pierce | 20,349 | 50 |
| James Buchanan | 18,786 | 67 |
| Abraham Lincoln | 28,952 | 459 |
| PRES $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL SETS | ||
| Abigail Fillmore | 9,244 | 40 |
| Jane Pierce | 7,097 | 47 |
| James Buchanan's Liberty | 6,367 | 66 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | 10,681 | 310 |
| AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL QUARTER 3 COIN SETS | ||
| Hot Springs National Park | 16,001 | 185 |
| Yellowstone National Park | 15,485 | 694 |
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I just received my 2011 Uncirculated Coin Set and my worst fears have been realized. The mint has simply stopped making the satin finish and switched to a brilliant finish for the coins. In all other aspects the coins are SMS coins. They are far better than the average circulation strikes and the mint has left us with no way to distinguish MS67 & MS68 circulation strikes from average SMS coins. This utterly destroys the value of high grade circulation strikes. I went back and checked my 2004 and prior uncirculated sets and those coins look like they were pulled from circulation strike production. They are possibly a small notch above the average coins that make it into rolls and bags but not by much. The 2011 coins are far and away SMS strike coins but once removed from the plastic they cannot be distinguished from circulation strikes by any measure other than grade and that is not enough. Finding an MS68 or even MS69 circulation strike coin used to be something special but from now on such finds, even though they will still be quite rare, will be worthless. Thanks a lot (NOT) mint.