The initial sales figures for the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set are available within this week's US Mint numismatic product report. Another highlight is the surge in sales for the James Buchanan's Liberty Gold Coins, which seem close to a sell out.
The US Mint began sales of the 5-coin proof set including each of this year's quarters on March 17, 2011. As a change from previous years, this separate set was offered following the release of the complete 2011 Proof Set. Typically, part of the benefit of buying the separate coin sets is the ability to get the coins earlier.
Sales of the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set reached 53,944 through March 20. This is a significant drop from the debut sales for the 2010-dated set, which sold 75,558 within a comparable period. Releasing the full annual coin sets before the separate sets has been a boon for collectors, but it seems to be impacting the US Mint's sales.
The uncirculated version of the James Buchanan's Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin added sales of 493 in the latest week. Across proof and unciculated versions, sales have now reached 12,883. When the proof version of the coin unexpectedly sold out, the US Mint indicated that they had only struck 13,000 coins across both versions based on demand forecasts.
The complete US Mint numismatic product sales report appears below. The figures are compiled through March 20, 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 | 47,180 | 263 |
| 2011 ARMY COMMEMORATIVE COINS | ||
| $5 Gold Proof | 13,821 | 200 |
| $5 Gold Uncirculated | 5,336 | 97 |
| $1 Silver Proof | 89,781 | 2,069 |
| $1 Silver Uncirculated | 35,711 | 658 |
| 50 Cent Clad Proof | 54,263 | 918 |
| 50 Cent Clad Uncirculated | 32,432 | 597 |
| 2011 MEDAL OF HONOR COMMEMORATIVE COINS | ||
| $5 Gold Proof | 9,958 | 756 |
| $5 Gold Uncirculated | 3,862 | 306 |
| $1 Silver Proof | 61,906 | 5,772 |
| $1 Silver Uncirculated | 26,247 | 2,985 |
| FIRST SPOUSE GOLD COINS | ||
| Abigail Fillmore Proof (2010) | 5,874 | 84 |
| Abigail Fillmore Uncirculated (2010) | 3,663 | 117 |
| Jane Pierce Proof (2010) | 4,843* | 0 |
| Jane Pierce Uncirculated (2010) | 3,491 | 186 |
| Buchanan's Liberty Proof (2010) | 7,304* | 0 |
| Buchanan's Liberty Uncirculated (2010) | 5,579 | 493 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln Proof (2010) | 5,639 | 87 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln Uncirculated (2010) | 2,709 | 1 |
| 2011 PROOF SETS | ||
| 2011 U.S. Mint Proof Set | 611,079 | 21,581 |
| 2011 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set | 184,249 | 4,102 |
| 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set | 53,944 | 53,944 |
| 2011 SILVER PROOF SETS | ||
| 2011 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set | 325,200 | 25,940 |
| 2011 UNCIRCULATED MINT SETS | ||
| 2011 U.S. Mint Uncirculated Set | 268,711 | 8,198 |
| 2010 PROOF SETS | ||
| 2010 U.S. Mint Proof Set | 1,075,549 | 1,651 |
| 2010 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set | 522,806 | 317 |
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set | 262,745 | 582 |
| 2010 SILVER PROOF SETS | ||
| 2010 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set | 557,407 | 2,026 |
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set | 244,955 | 618 |
| 2010 UNCIRCULATED MINT SETS | ||
| 2010 U.S. Mint Uncirculated Set | 565,936 | 704 |
| 2010 Presidential $1 Coin Unc Set | 94,654 | 172 |
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters | 24,136 | 184 |
| 2010 CIRCULATING COIN SETS | ||
| 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters | 15,440 | 141 |
| 2010 NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-Coin Roll (P) | 39,138 | 1,100 |
| 25-Coin Roll (D) | 38,818 | 91 |
| 2011 ANDREW JOHNSON $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 26,676 | 608 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 25,821 | 526 |
| 2010 ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 47,851 | 188 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 47,435 | 161 |
| 2010 JAMES BUCHANAN $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 33,597 | 52 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 33,060 | 38 |
| 2010 FRANKLIN PIERCE $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 35,372 | 45 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 34,672 | 42 |
| 2010 MILLARD FILLMORE $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 38,409* | 0 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 36,634* | 0 |
| 2009 ZACHARY TAYLOR $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 39,938 | 36 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 38,060 | 30 |
| 2009 JAMES K. POLK $1 COIN ROLLS | ||
| 25-coin roll (P) | 42,404 | 28 |
| 25-coin roll (D) | 40,697 | 30 |
| 2010 KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 200-Coin Bag | 8,879* | 35 |
| Two-roll set | 36,231* | 30 |
| 2011 KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 200-Coin Bag | 3,154 | 216 |
| Two-roll set | 13,531 | 489 |
| 2011 GETTYSBURG QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 4,123 | 47 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 3,964 | 39 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 27,141 | 371 |
| 2010 MOUNT HOOD QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 8,871 | 3,037 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 8,192 | 2,595 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 49,112 | 17,281 |
| 2010 GRAND CANYON QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 6,424 | 10 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 6,755 | 6 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 33,849 | 74 |
| 2010 YOSEMITE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 6,997 | 9 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 7,032 | 9 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 36,474 | 71 |
| 2010 YELLOWSTONE QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 8,176 | 8 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 8,659 | 11 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 41,611 | 61 |
| 2010 HOT SPRINGS QUARTER BAGS & ROLLS | ||
| 100-coin bag (P) | 9,624 | 16 |
| 100-coin bag (D) | 8,956 | 11 |
| Two-Roll Set (80 coin) (P&D) | 46,603 | 52 |
| 2010 LINCOLN TWO-ROLL SETS | ||
| Preservation of the Union | 173,990 | 301 |
| PRESIDENTIAL DOLLAR COIN COVERS | ||
| William Henry Harrison | 29,300 | 19 |
| John Tyler | 26,080 | 18 |
| James K. Polk | 24,301 | 20 |
| Zachary Taylor | 23,247 | 20 |
| Millard Fillmore | 22,150 | 17 |
| Franklin Pierce | 20,479 | 20 |
| James Buchanan | 18,994 | 26 |
| Abraham Lincoln | 29,117 | 156 |
| PRES $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL SETS | ||
| Abigail Fillmore | 9,336 | 32 |
| Jane Pierce | 7,177 | 0 |
| James Buchanan's Liberty | 6,483 | 0 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | 11,461 | 90 |
| AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL QUARTER 3 COIN SETS | ||
| Hot Springs National Park | 16,937 | 196 |
| Yellowstone National Park | 16,625 | 198 |
| Yosemite National Park | 13,467 | 631 |
It’s kind of funny that the other three First Spouse designs from 2010 will probably end up stealing Mary Lincoln’s thunder, seeing as how she will most likely be the only one to remain available the entire “approximately one-year” period! Both Buchanan options will be long-gone months before the one year mark, and Pierce won’t make it either. Sales for Fillmore should have already ended, but due to the seemingly infinite delay in getting Eliza Johnson released, sales trudge onward.