US Mint Sales: Walking Liberty Takes No. 1

AI desk brief

U.S. Mint weekly sales showed solid debut demand for two new releases with precious-metals content, led by the 1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set at 9,122 units. The set, priced at $2,775, reached 30.4% of its 30,000-unit limit in the first week, but opened well below earlier Best of the Mint releases: the Mercury Dime set started at 28,933 and the Standing Liberty Quarter set at 14,101.

Among the Mint’s broader top sellers, the 2026-W Proof Silver Eagle added 4,006 units to 426,193, while the 2026 Silver Proof Set rose 2,138 to 265,371 and the 2026-W Enhanced Uncirculated Silver Eagle gained 1,405 to 124,124. On the gold side, the 2026 $50 Enhanced Uncirculated American Gold Eagle fell 24 to 7,483, and several lower-volume gold commemoratives also posted modest week-over-week declines.

The data points to steady retail collector demand for silver products and a respectable but not runaway launch for the new gold/silver Walking Liberty set. For traders, the read-through is limited versus wholesale bullion flows, but it does suggest end-user appetite remains intact ahead of further Mint releases and any seasonal pickup in U.S. retail coin demand.