2016 W burnished silver eagle mintage??

[mackbrass]

Does anyone know what the current mintage is for the 2016 W burnished silver eagle? Since these just came out a few weeks ago, is there a cut off date for when the mint stops selling them? I don't recall the mint selling these for less than a month in time for previous years which is why I am thinking this year could be the lowest mintage. Thanks again, Tom

[PocketArt]

Good question. There seems to be an effort to tamp down any speculation with low mintage. Hard to say really; production started August 30th- they went on sale December 1st, and production stopped at the end of December 2016. Sales will continue into 2017.

 

Here is a Coin World article on subject:

 

http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/12/2016-uncirculated-silver-eagle-makes-late-debut.all.html

[mackbrass]

I did read that and find it interesting that they will push sales into 2017 to clear out the inventory. If I remember correctly they did sell 120k on the first day.