Early Sell-out for Blue Ridge Parkway 5 oz. Silver Specimen Coin?

2015-P Bombay Hook NWR 5 oz. Silver Specimen Coin

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American Liberty 2015 High Relief Gold Coin

For the seven day period ending October 18, the “American Liberty 2015 High Relief Gold Coin” more than doubled in sales volume as compared to the week ending October 11.  The Mint reported 450 coins sold in the most recent week, vs. 200 sold in the prior weekly report.  Total sales reached 42,920.   Approximately 86% of the maximum mintage limit of 50,000 have now been sold.  Given the combination of a comparatively high offering price by the Mint, the high maximum mintage, and the potential for sales to reach that maximum, we expect the secondary market (re-sale) value for this coin to be closely tied to movements in the price of gold.  For a coin currently priced at $1,590 by the Mint, with up to 50,000 coins available, rarity should not be a factor in setting market value for this coin.

Blue Ridge Parkway 2015-P Five oz. Silver Specimen Coin

“Now you see it, now you don’t.”  This coin was briefly unavailable from the Mint during the prior week; then it was back being offered by the Mint for just a few days.  This week, the coin is again unavailable from the Mint.  We don’t expect the Mint to offer it again.  The maximum mintage was set at 20,000.  However, strong sales in the non-numismatic (ordinary bullion) version appear to have resulted in sales being ended by the Mint approximately 2,500 short of the maximum.  For the week ending October 18, 192 coins were reported sold, up from 120 sold the prior week, when the coin was briefly not available from the Mint.  Total sales reported through October 18 for the numismatic version were 17,513 - just over 87% of the maximum mintage set by the Mint when this coin was introduced.  

Bombay Hook NWR 2015-P Five oz. Silver Specimen Coin

Strong first week and second week sales for this coin may have been bolstered by the apparent early sell-out of the Blue Ridge Parkway coin.  Total coins sold during the first week of availability were 14,433.  The second week (ending October 18) saw sales of 938 - for total sales of 15,371.  With a maximum announced mintage of 20,000 coins, approximately 77% have already been sold.  A sell-out in the same range as the Blue Ridge Parkway coin wouldn’t surprise us.  Should sales continue strong for the next couple of weeks, this coin may be unavaiable from the Mint by early November.  See our listing for this coin

Homestead National Monument and Kisatchie National Forest

The maximum mintage announced at the introduction of these coins is 30,000 each.  Sales of both coins were lower during the week ending October 18 vs. the week ending October 11.  This may be in part due to the release of the Bombay Hook coin and the apparent early sell-out of the Blue Ridge Parkway coin.  Total sales for the Homestead coin have now reached 19,671 and for the Kisatchie coin 18,152 - if sales for the non-numismatic versions of these coins are running stronger than expected, an early sell-out may occur for both numsmatic versions at any time.