Updated 2008 Gold, Platinum, Silver Eagle and Gold Buffalo Mintages

The United States Mint recently released updated mintages for most collectible 2008 precious metals coins. This includes uncirculated and proof versions of the 2008 Gold Eagle, Platinum Eagle, Silver Eagle, and Gold Buffalo coins. In a few cases, the updated numbers have caused a dramtic change in mintage.

The table below presents the final updated sales figures by product. A total column has been added to compute the total mintage for coins included in multiple products options. For the most part, this total is computed by adding the individual sales with the 4 Coin Set sales. The one exception is for the 1/2 oz. Uncirculated Gold Eagle and Gold Buffalo totals, which also include Double Prosperity Set sales figures.

	Per Option	Total
2008 Silver Eagles
Proof	700,979
Uncirculated	436,702
2008 Gold Eagles
1 oz. Proof	17,720	30,237
1/2 oz. Proof	10,085	22,602
1/4 oz. Proof	6,360	18,877
1/10 oz. Proof	15,599	28,116
4 Coin Proof Set	12,517
1 oz. Uncirculated	9,057	11,908
1/2 oz. Uncirculated	5,209	15,682
1/4 oz. Uncirculated	6,032	8,883
1/10 oz. Uncirculated	9,806	12,657
4 Coin Uncircualted Set	2,851
Double Prosperity Set	7,622
2008 Platinum Eagles
1 oz. Proof	2,508	4,769
1/2 oz. Proof	1,759	4,020
1/4 oz. Proof	1,892	4,153
1/10 oz. Proof	2,877	5,138
4 Coin Proof Set	2,261
1 oz. Uncirculated	1,593	2,876
1/2 oz. Uncirculated	970	2,253
1/4 oz. Uncirculated	1,198	2,481
1/10 oz. Uncirculated	2,423	3,706
4 Coin Uncirculated Set	1,283
2008 Gold Buffalo
1 oz. Uncircualted	3,025	9,074
1/2 oz. Uncirculated	3,237	16,908
1/4 oz. Uncirculated	3,900	9,949
1/10 oz. Uncirculated	11,380	17,429
4 Coin Uncirculated	6,049
Double Prosperity Set	7,622

Mintages for US Mint products tend to see some minor adjustments from the final reported sales figures, but some of the changes for 2008 have been extreme. One of the most extreme changes was for the 2008 Proof $10 Gold Eagle individual coin which saw sales adjusted from 15,229 to 6,360. This coin now becomes the lowest mintage $10 Proof Gold Eagle with a mintage of 18,877 coins.

The stand out number for Gold Eagles still remains the 2008-W Uncircualted $10 Gold Eagle with a new final mintage of 8,883 coins. This remains as the lowest mintage ever for a Gold Eagle.

A dramatic change in the number for 2008-W Uncirculated Platinum Eagle Four Coin Set sales caused total mintages to decline significantly for the individual coins contained in the set. Except for the 1/10 oz, the new mintages for each coin now fall below the levels of the 2006-W Uncirculated Platinum Eagles. The 2008-W Uncircualted $50 Platinum Eagle also becomes the lowest mintage Platinum Eagle ever at just 2,253 coins.

Other changes were less significant, but mostly served to lower the mintages which had been computed based on the last reported sales figures. Numismaster has a side by side comparison with the old numbers here.