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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1096501, member: 26030&quot;]<font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">[FONT=&amp;quot]</span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"></span></font>[/FONT]<span style="color: black">[ATTACH]109573.vB[/ATTACH]</span><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">[FONT=&amp;quot]</span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"></span></font>[/FONT]<font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">[FONT=&amp;quot]</span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">From the Mint News Blog:</span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"></span></font>[/FONT]<font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">[FONT=&amp;quot]<i><span style="color: red">Over the course of the past three years, the US Mint&#039;s silver bullion sales have broken numerous records. This began with the record annual sales achieved in 2008 (21 million). This followed with new annual sales records achieved in 2009 (30 million) and 2010 (32 million). </span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red"><br /></span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red">Last year, a <u>monthly </u>sales record was also set in November 2010 (4 million), breaking the long standing prior monthly record from December 1986 (the first year of issue).</span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red"><br /></span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red">In <u>January 2011</u>, a fresh <u>monthly</u> sales record was set by a wide margin. The US Mint sold <b><u>6,422,000</u></b> of the 2011 American Silver Eagle bullion coins. This exceeded the previously monthly sales record by more than 2 million.</span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red"><br /></span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red">Incredibly, the latest <u>monthly </u>total also exceeds the <u>annual</u> sales totals for the program during <u>ten separate years</u> (86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98).&nbsp; Also, the new monthly record was achieved despite the fact that the US Mint has been rationing supplies to authorized purchasers once again.</span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red"><br /></span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red">- - - </span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red"></span></i><span style="color: black"></span></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">It&#039;s pretty amazing.&nbsp; I was thinking with silver hitting a new high of over $31 an ounce in late December 2010 and then falling down to $26 last month, that sales would slow a bit for the 2011&#039;s&nbsp; (since most people get excited to buy during steep price rises; and so many people loaded up on ASE&#039;s in 2010). </span></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><br /></span></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">It makes me wonder if the mint might suspend ASE sales before the end of the year, since in the past, getting enough silver blanks has been a problem (causing the cancellation of some special issues in 2009).&nbsp; I seriously doubt it would, but if this sales rate kept up all year, the 2011 mintage could exceed 77 million (more than double the previous high).</span></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><br /></span></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">What will it take for the demand for ASE&#039;s start to let up?</span><i><span style="color: red"></span></i></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"><i><span style="color: red"></span></i>&nbsp; </span></font>[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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