For the first time in a while, one of the First Spouse Gold Coins has unexpectedly sold out at the United States Mint. For the past several coins, they have been systematically taken off sale as newer coins are released. The last coins that “sold out” were the first three issues where the entire authorized mintage of 40,000 coins had been sold.

Andrew Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse Coin, proof version was sold out earlier in the week. The sell out comes several weeks before the next coin release which will feature Sarah Polk. Also the uncirculated version of the coin remains available for sale.

Presumably, the US Mint made their final production run for the proof coin and underestimated how many would be needed to last until the planned end of sales. As a result, once their remaining inventory was sold, the coins had to be taken off sale.

The last available statistics indicate that 7,806 of the Andrew Jackson’s Liberty Gold Proof Coins were sold.

The latest coin in the First Spouse Gold Coin series went on sale August 28, 2008 at the US Mint.

The coin is known as Andrew Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin. Since Andrew Jackson did not have a spouse while serving as President, the obverse design of the coin bears an image of a circulating coin from his era.

The obverse design features a reproductoin of the Capped Bust, Lettered Edge Half Dollar. This coin was minted from 1807 to 1836 and originally design by John Reich. The reverse design features Andrew Jackson known as “Old Hickory” on horseback.

Each coin contains one-half ounce of 24 karat gold. Coins will be offered in both proof and uncirculated versions. There is a maximum authorized mintage of 40,000 across both proof and uncirculated coins.

The proof version of the coin is priced at $619.95 and the unicirculated version is priced at $599.95. Even though this represents a significant premium above the precious metal value, it is in line with pricing of other recent releases.