11 November 2009 - 9:52First Spouse Coin Mintages
With the First Spouse Gold Coin series now approaching the end of its third year of release, the mintages for coins released so far present some interesting trends.
The table below presents the mintage figures for the First Spouse Gold coins release so far. The coins from Martha Washington to Andrew Jackson’s Liberty are no longer available for sale directly from the US Mint. The coins from Martin Van Buren’s Liberty onward remain available for sale so mintages will continue to rise.
| Coin Release | Uncirculated | Proof |
| 2007 Martha Washington | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 2007 Abigail Adams | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 2007 Thomas Jefferson’s Liberty | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 2007 Dolley Madison | 12,541 | 18,355 |
| 2008 Elizabeth Monroe | 4,519 | 7,933 |
| 2008 Louisa Adams | 4,223 | 7,454 |
| 2008 Andrew Jackson’s Liberty | 4,754 | 7,806 |
| 2008 Martin Van Buren’s Liberty | 4,165 | 7,234 |
| 2009 Anna Harrison | 3,004 | 4,368 |
| 2009 Letitia Tyler | 2,385 | 4,368 |
| 2009 Julia Tyler | 2,203 | 3,929 |
| 2009 Sarah Polk | 1,919 | 3,588 |
The coin series began with much fanfare, selling out the first three issues completely. Following the initial buzz, sales declined and fell into a new range. The releases for 2008 all have mintages within the 4,000 range for uncirculated coins and 7,000 range for proof coins.
As customary with US Mint product releases, the proof version of each coin has outsold the uncirculated version. The margin is not as wide as experienced for some recent commemorative coins where the proof version has sold more than double the uncirculated version.
Will the low mintages of some coins lead to higher secondary market prices? It has been a question on the minds of collectors of the series for some time. On the one hand, low mintage coins usually attract a premium over time. On the other hand, it seems that nearly all First Spouse Gold coins will have low mintages compared to commemorative coins, negating some of the allure.
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