Hi all; Wow, sales of gold eagles are amazingly high these days. Is this Y2K or what? I logged onto the US mint site so I could get some of those proof state quarters, and they had Eagle production data going back several years. The 99 estimate is my own:
Gold Silver Platinum 1992 385,800 5,544,000 1993 514,000 5,890,000 1994 310,000 5,540,500 1995 297,750 4,590,000 1996 275,000 3,466,000 1997 771,250 3,636,000 73,350 1998 1,839,500 4,270,000 175,650 Est99 3,270,000 9,230,000 80,000
1Q97 165,250 970,000 0 2Q97 127,500 771,000 0 3Q97 169,000 550,000 28,100 4Q97 309,500 1,345,000 45,250
1Q98 268,500 705,000 25,250 2Q98 311,000 635,000 37,150 3Q98 595,500 1,125,000 35,550 4Q98 664,500 1,805,000 77,700
1Q99 694,000 2,062,000 20,400 2Q99 549,000 2,371,000 21,700
usmint.gov
-- Carl |