{"id":393,"date":"2019-01-02T17:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/blog\/?p=393"},"modified":"2019-01-02T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T17:40:17","slug":"sales-american-eagle-gold-silver-coins-drop-11-year-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/blog\/sales-american-eagle-gold-silver-coins-drop-11-year-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales of American Eagle gold and silver coins drop to 11 year low"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to sales data released by the U.S. Mint this week, sales of both American Silver Eagle (ASE) and American Gold Eagle (AGE) coins were down in 2018.<\/p>\n

According to sales data, the U.S. Mint sold\u00a0245,500 ounces of Gold Eagle bullion coins during 2018. This was down from\u00a0302,500 ounces in 2017 and\u00a0985,000 in 2016.<\/p>\n

Silver Eagle bullion coin sales dropped in 2018 as well. In 2018, the U.S. Mint sold\u00a015,700,000 one-ounce Silver Eagle bullion coins. This was down from\u00a018,065,500 in 2017 and\u00a037,701,500 in 2016.<\/p>\n

Silver Eagle bullion coins are sold to dealers in 500 coin Monster Boxes<\/a>. Many precious metals dealers that are still holding onto 2018 dates coins have lowered the premiums to as low as $2.20 per coin, which is only 20 cents more than the premium charged by the U.S. Mint.<\/p>\n

Additional information can be found in this Reuters article<\/a> and via the U.S. Mint Production Sales Figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Overall, the spot price of gold ended 2018 with a 2.1% loss, the spot price of silver lost 9.7% throughout the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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