American Eagle Archives

Mint Reports Most American Eagle Enrollment Programs at Capacity

January 14, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Eagle Silver Bullion Coin Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint is now reporting that most of the American Eagle enrollment programs that it offers are now at capacity for the year. Yes, it is only January 14th. The news shows the continued high demand for the American Eagles and bullion in general which has been the case the past two years. The capacity limits announcement came via an email to Mint customers as well as on the Mint’s official Twitter account …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – January 9, 2022

January 10, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report for the American Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coins for the first time in 2022. This summary report provides sales details through Sunday, January 9, 2022. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. As expected with the beginning of a new year, reported bullion sales …

First Look! 2022 American Eagle Platinum Coin

January 5, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Eagle Platinum Bullion Coin Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint has released the high resolution images of the upcoming 2022 American Eagle Platinum bullion coin. The design of the coin is identical to the design of last year’s coin and, indeed, it is the same it has been since is release in 2002. The coin carries a face value of $100 and is made of 99.9% pure platinum. Like other bullion coins offered by the United States Mint, the platinum Eagle …

First Look! 2022 American Eagle Silver One Ounce Coin

January 4, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released the official images of the 2022 American Eagle silver one ounce coin. The Mint has only released the bullion images, with the Uncirculated and Proof finish images set to be released closer to those coins being available. Regardless of finish, the coins will all have the same Obverse and Reverse designs. The 2022 American Eagle releases will all have the new Type-2 Reverse designs that were introduced last year …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – 2021 Final Report

January 3, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint produced an impressive 30.6 million bullion coins for sale in calendar year 2021. While this is down from the 31.7 million produced in 2020, it is still the second year in a row where the Mint has sold over 30 million bullion coins. Indeed, all of the bullion coins offered by the Mint through Authorized Purchasers saw record breaking sales except the silver one ounce American Eagle. The bullion sales report …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – December 12, 2021

December 14, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, December 12, 2021. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold a solid just 33,500 bullion coins in the last week. As reported previously, the Mint has now stopped production of 2021 American Eagle and American Buffalo …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – November 28, 2021

November 29, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, November 28, 2021. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold just 34,500 bullion coins in the last week. As reported last week, the Mint has now stopped production of 2021 American Eagle bullion coins and …

Nearly 8,000 Error Quarter-Ounce American Eagle Coins Were Struck and Released

November 24, 2021 by Clinton

2021-W American Eagle Uncirculated (Type-2) One Ounce Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

7,924. That is the number of quarter-ounce American Eagle bullion gold coins that were mistakenly struck on the West Point unfinished proof dies according to the United States Mint’s Deputy Chief of Corporate Communications, Todd Martin. Even more telling, the Mint knows exactly when these coins were struck. August 24, 2021. As reported back in October, PCGS was the first to announce the discovery of the error coin. At the time, the company had graded …

United States Mint Ends 2021 American Eagle Bullion Coins Production

November 22, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has announced the end of American Eagle bullion coin product for 2021. The final production of 2021 dated Eagles, both gold and silver, have been completed and production of 2022 dated Eagle bullion coins has begun. Final allocations to Authorized Purchasers have also been made for the 2021 dated coins. The allocations of American Eagle Gold Bullion coins to Authorized Purchasers come with the stipulation that their purchase commitments must be …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – November 15, 2021

November 15, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Monday, November 15, 2021. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 65,800 bullion coins to Authorized Purchasers in the past week, down significantly from the over 500,000 coins sold in last week’s report. Usually, the top …