The US Mint continues to realize a decent demand for the recently released American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars which are available in both proof and uncirculated versions.
Debuting on February 25, 2010, the coins immediately surpassed many expectations by selling a very respectable 98,358 in only three days. 66,209 of those were proof and 32,149 were uncirculated, showing that collectors are preferring to purchase the slightly higher priced coin by over a 2 to 1 ratio.
Sales remained at a steady level over the next week with an additional 24,784 of the proof purchased and 8,692 of the uncirculated. This brings the total sold so farto 90,993 proof and 40,841 uncirculated, or a total of 131,834.
As the mintage level set by Congress for these coins is only 350,000 across all product options, doing a bit of quick math shows that over 37% of the total available strikes have already been accounted for. Thus, unless sales taper significantly in the next weeks, it appears that the coins might hit a sell-out stage long before the Mint would be required to pull them from inventory in December.
For more information on the coins, see our Disabled Silver Proof Coin page or Disabled Silver Uncirculated Coin page.
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