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What US Mint collectors product had the highest sales?

2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭
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Seeing almost 80,000 UHR being sold the $1200+/- or $100 million in sales raised this question........

What single collectors coin or product has record for highest total sales?

Not counting plain bullion dealer sales or coins released for general circulation.

Is it the 1986 1 oz. gold proof??

1986 446,290 minted at $550.00 selling price......... Appox. $250 million dollars

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  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    Not knowing or bothering to look up the answer, my guess would be the yearly Proof Set. So many "collectors" have a subscription for proof sets with the mint that they don't even bother to see what's for sale at the mint.
    Paul
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Well, I bought 60,00 myself. I thought that

    they had chocolate inside.image
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,563 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BU Bicentennial silver set.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wild guess...the 1984 Olympic $10 gold? ... combined sales around 500,000. I can't remember what the issue price was at that time for 1/2 oz of Gold Commem.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,094 ✭✭✭
    1986 Statue of Liberty Proof Half?

    -Paul
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,563 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Bicentennial BU set lists at 11,000,000 sets sold, but I doubt that figure. I was working for Coin World at the time, and somebody told me that in order to meet the striking deadline for the 15 million (Proof and Unc.) sets authorized, the Mint just ran the blanks for the last two or three million BU sets through high speed presses and dumped them into barrels to be remelted later.

    Still, they sold about 8,000,000 units, or about 12 million counting the Proofs. Next highest is the Statue of Liberty halves and dollars, followed by the 1982 Washington half dollar.

    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,636 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>BU Bicentennial silver set. >>



    Agree. The mint was selling these for years after the Bicentennial ended.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • 2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭
    What was the cost??
  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What was the cost?? >>



    $9.00

    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • 2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭
    So unadjusted for inflation sales were in 100 million dollar range...........

    It appears the 2009 UHR will be in to top 5 not adjusted for inflation.
  • halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>BU Bicentennial silver set. >>



    Agree. The mint was selling these for years after the Bicentennial ended. >>



    And these, along with the 3pc. proof sets, sets hold the distinction of having the only 40% Ag quarters ever minted. Shame that so many were made . . . Maybe alot will get melted when silver hits $50/oz again ! ! ! image

    HH
    Need the following OBW rolls to complete my 46-64 Roosevelt roll set:
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  • 2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭
    So.....unadjusted for inflation is the 1986 1 oz. gold proof eagle the #1 all time dollar sales record holder for a single coin offered to collectors from US mint??
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,563 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So.....unadjusted for inflation is the 1986 1 oz. gold proof eagle the #1 all time dollar sales record holder for a single coin offered to collectors from US mint?? >>



    Were you asking for the highest sales in total dollar value, rather than in number of units sold? I did not get that from the thread title.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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