US Mint Sales: Steve Jobs California $1 Hits 1.17M, Unavailable

US Mint numismatic demand was strong in the latest weekly report, with the 2026 California Innovation dollar featuring Steve Jobs and a Liberty Bell “250” privy mark opening at 1.172 million coins across rolls and bags before quickly moving to “Currently Unavailable.” The launch is the strongest start for an Innovation dollar in recent years, and product caps were nearly hit across all four offerings, indicating solid collector uptake rather than bullion-driven demand. The 2026 Warren G. Harding Presidential Silver Medal was the top individual precious-metal item by sales volume in the report, opening at 10,352 units at a $164 price point. That was slightly below the previous Wilson medal debut of 10,525, and the article notes early figures in this series are often revised lower over subsequent reporting periods. For traders, the piece is mostly a numismatic demand update with limited direct read-through to spot gold or silver. It may be of marginal interest as a barometer of retail appetite for Mint products, but it does not signal meaningful change in wholesale bullion flows, ETFs, or institutional positioning.