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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1344366, member: 18157&quot;]<img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/BlueMeanieAPW06152007SeasideHeightsNJ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><i><b>Sorry for the delay, Schnauz...I had to go out and get my eyes checked after seeing this week&#039;s sales report!!</b></i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i><br /></i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Silver Proof set sales as of <b>10</b><b> January</b><b>, 2012</b>...</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; 2010 Silver Proof Set sales total: <b>585,414</b><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>*</b></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b></b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>*</b></span> <b>Sold Out</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;2011 Silver Proof Set sales: <b>1,782 </b>for a total of <b>544,230 </b></font><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">That&#039;s only a third of last weeks sales!! I know the holidays are over...but that&#039;s a <span style="color: #ff0000"><i><b><font size="6">HUGE </font></b></i></span>drop in sales...from <i><b>4,573!! </b></i>The People have spoken...they want the Silver Proof sets to drop in price like other silver products from the Mint. It&#039;ll be interesting to see next week&#039;s sales figures...to see how the newly released 2012 Silver Proof Quarter sets do at the same $41.95/set. A new release should do quite well, but if the Numismatic public is expecting a price reduction...they will be sorely disappointed! </font>:so-sad:</p><p><font size="3">&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp; The lowest mintage of any modern Silver Proof set was/is 2010 (585,414). </font><font size="3">The average weekly sales figures for 2011 sets needed by the end of February 2011 (<b>7 </b><b>weeks&nbsp; left? <span style="color: #ff0000">*</span></b>) to equal that mintage are...</font></p><p>&nbsp;<font size="3"> </font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp; 2011 Silver Proof Set: (585,414 – 544,230) / 7 = <b>5,883</b></font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p>&nbsp;<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"> <b>* </b></font></span><font size="3"><b>Who knows?</b><span style="color: #000000">...this is just a guess based on the vague information we get from the US Mint web site...it could be longer.</span></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;<i><b><font size="5"></font></b></i></span></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><i><b><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></b></i></span></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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