The US Mint has added a “Last Opportunity” section to their website to highlight products which will only remain available for a limited time. This section has appeared on their website periodically over the past few years.View the section on the US Mint website here.
None of the products listed in the section are particularly surprising. Here is a listing of the products and the last day of sales. Availability through the listed date would also be subject to the US Mint’s remaining inventory, so earlier sell outs could occur.
November 15, 2011 12:00 Noon ET
- 2010 Mount Hood National Park Quarter bags and rolls
As stated on the product pages, the US Mint has been offering bags and rolls of each America the Beautiful Quarter design for one year from the initial release date. The date shown above occurs at the one year mark.
November 18, 2011 12:00 Noon ET
- 2009 Zachary Taylor Presidential Dollar Rolls
All other 2009 and 2010 Presidential Dollar rolls have already sold out, so this will clean up the offerings so only the designs from 2011 and onwards will be available.
December 1, 2011 12:00 Noon ET
- Proof 2010 Mary Todd Lincoln First Spouse Gold Coins
This coincides with the release date of the Lucretia Garfield First Spouse Gold Coins. For a few years, the US Mint had consistently timed the close of sales to coincide with the release date for the coin one year ahead in the schedule. For the most part, this did not take place for the 2010-dated coins, which sold out earlier at unexpected times. The proof Mary Todd Lincoln coin has managed to remain available.
December 16, 2011 5:00 PM ET
- 2011 Army Gold
- 2011 Army Silver Dollar
- 2011 Army Half Dollar
- 2011 Medal of Honor Gold
- 2011 Medal of Honor Silver Dollar
Under the authorizing legislation, the US Mint is only allowed to sell these commemorative coins during the 2011 calendar year. As in the past, the US Mint is concluding sales a few weeks before that to allow time for order processing and delivery before the close of the year. Some of this year’s commemoratives seem poised to have historically low mintages. See this post.
December 30, 2011 5:00 PM ET
- 2010 Silver Proof Set
- 2010 Proof Set
- 2010 Uncirculated Mint Set
- 2010 Presidential Dollar Proof Set
- 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set
- 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set
As mentioned on this site several times before, the US Mint has been planning to conclude sales of the 2010 annual sets at the close of this year. Despite the long duration of the sales period, sales are historically low for some options. See this post.
What is surprising is some of the products that were not included in the section. The US Mint will apparently continue to sell Presidential Dollar Coin Covers from 2009 and 2010, all of the 2010 Presidential Coin & First Spouse Medal Sets, and the 2010 Lincoln Cent Two Roll Sets. In the past, the US Mint has sometimes included similar products in the “Last Opportunity” section to provide a definitive sales ending date.
Other News
On Wednesday, the US Mint implemented pricing changes for numismatic gold and platinum products. The gold products were priced lower by one pricing increment ( for each ounce of gold content). The basis for the new prices is an average gold price in the ,600 to ,649.99 range.
The single platinum product was lowered in price by one increment (0). The basis for the new price is an average platinum price in the ,450 to ,549.99 range.
Without explanation, the US Mint resumed sales of the 2010 and 2011 Silver Proof Sets and ATB Quarter Silver Proof Sets. The other previously suspended silver numismatic products remain unavailable. These suspended products include the 2011 Proof Silver Eagle, 2011-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle, 2010-P Mount Hood 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, and 2011-P Gettysburg 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin.
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