All of the 2009 releases still remain on sale. Current sales data suggests that this year will find a slightly lower base of demand. The uncirculated issues seem to be lining up for final sales of less than 4,000 for uncirculated issues and lower than 7,000 for proof coins. All issues still remain available for sale, so this can certainly change.

Here is the latest sales data for 2009 releases as of February 21, 2010. View all First Spouse Coin mintages.

The line art designs released by the United States Mint are shown below for each of the four releases:

2010 Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coin

This coin features a portrait of Abigail Fillmore and a scene of her putting books on a shelf in the White House library, which she established with an appropriation granted by Congress. The obverse was designed by Phebe Hemphill and the reverse was designed by Susan Gamble.

2010 Jane Pierce First Spouse Gold Coin

The Jane Pierce coin features her portrait on the obverse and a scene of her watching Senate debates on the reverse. She is shown within the visitor’s gallery of the Old Senate Chamber in the US Capitol Building where she was known to have listened to the debates about slavery. The coin was designed by Donna Weaver.

2010 James Buchanan’s Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin

Because James Buchanan served as President without a spouse, an image emblematic of Liberty is used for the obverse. The design is a reproduction of Christian Gobrecht’s Liberty Head Gold Quarter Eagle with added inscriptions. The reverse of the coin depicts a scene from James Buchanan’s youth, when he worked as a bookkeeper in the family country store. The reverse was designed by David Westwood.

2010 Mary Todd Lincoln First Spouse Gold Coin

The Mary Todd Lincoln coin will be the last releaes of the year and a possible focus for many collectors. The obverse features her portrait and the reverse depicts her visiting wounded Civil War soldiers to bring them books and flowers. The obverse was designed by Phebe Hemphill and the reverse was designed by Joel Iskowitz.

Last year, the US Mint offered a limited number of gold coins for collectors, which potentially helped support interest in the First Spouse Gold Coin series. So far the schedule for 2010 coins does not include any gold coins besides the four releases of the First Spouse series. The status of the collectible Gold Buffalo and Gold Eagle offerings has not been confirmed.

The obverse of the coin features a portrait of Margaret Taylor and the reverse is a scene of her bandaging a wounded soldier during the Seminole War. Prior to her husband’s Presidency, she had followed him during his military career to many outpost and hardship locations.

When the coins were released they were priced at $754 for the proof vesion and $741 for the uncirculated version. This was the highest starting price ever for a coin of the First Spouse Gold Coin series. After the recent pull back in the price of gold, the prices have been reduced to $729 and $716.

So far, the US Mint has recorded sales of 2,249 of the proof version and 1,248 of the uncirculated version for the Margaret Taylor First Spouse Gold Coin. This is running slightly below the pace of sales for prevoius releases.

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.

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.

The Sarah Polk First Spouse Gold Coin features her portrait on the obverse and a scene of her acting as her husband’s personal secretary in the White House. During her life, she devoted much of her time to furthering her husband’s politicial career. The obverse and reverse were designed and engraved by Phebe Hemphill.

Sarah Polk served as First Spouse for the 11th Presidency from 1845 to 1849.

The coins will be available in both proof and uncirculated versions, both produced at the West Point Mint. The US Mint will establish prices for the coins on Thursday based on the average London Fix price of gold for the prior week.

This marks the eleventh release of the series. Now in its third year, the series has lost many of the early eager buyers as the price of gold and the price of the coins have escalated. In the long term, this may work to the benefit of continued collectors of the series. When collectors grew tired of modern commemorative coins in the mid and late 1990’s, mintages declined to low levels, which eventually supported big premiums for the once unpopular releases.

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 coins will be available at the US Mint on August 6, 2009 at 12:00 Noon ET.

The obverse of the Julia Tyler First Spouse Coin features a portrait of Julia Tyler as designed by Joel Iskowitz and sculpted by Don Everhart. The reverse of the coin features a scene of Julia and John Tyler dancing at a White House Ball event.

In keeping with the requirements of the series, each coin is struck in 24 karat gold and contains one-half ounce of gold. The coins have a maximum authorized mintage of 40,000 units across the proof and uncircualted versions of the coin that will be offered.

The Julia Tyler coin will be one of five First Spouse Gold Coins offered this year.

The coins were priced at $629.00 for the proof version of the coin and $616.00 for the uncirculated version of the coin. Both coins are minted at the West Point Mint and contain one-half ounce of 24 karat gold.

The price of gold has been relatively stable of late, ranging between the $900 to $950 level. With more stable pricing for the coins, sales might be stronger in the opening weeks.

Coinciding with the release of this coin, sales of the Louisa Adams First Spouse Coin came to an end. This coin had been released sixth in the series on May 29, 2008. Sales had lingered on for over 13 months before ending. The final tally of sales indicates 4,223 uncirculated coins sold and 7,454 proof coins sold. These figures mark the mintage lows for coins which are no longer available for sale.

Meanwhile, the current offerings of First Spouse Gold Coins continue to be listed for sale at the United States Mint. The four coins for sale are those featuring Louisa Adams, Andrew Jackson’s Liberty, Martin Van Buren’s Liberty, and Anna Harrison. The Louisa Adams First Spouse Coin has actually been on sale for greater than one year at this point.

This year the US Mint needs to issue five First Spouse Coins instead of the usual four, due to the fact that John Tyler had a first and second wife. Despite the increased number of coins, the US Mint is now falling behind the schedule set last year. Towards the end of the year they will need to start issuing coins in more frequent successsion to catch up.

The front of the coin portrays Letitia Tyler. The format and design follow the previous releases of the series. The back of the coin shows Ms. Tyler with two of her children on Cedar Grove Plantation. She was responsible for running this plantation, while her husband pursued his political career.

This coin will contain one-half ounce of 24 karat gold and carry a face value of $10. The coins will be minted in uncirculated or proof at the West Point Mint. The prices for the coins will be determined back on the average price of gold. Each week, this prices may be adjusted upwards or downwards tracking the price of gold.

This will mark the tenth release of the series.