Perth Mint Gold and Silver Sales in 2015.

Silver Sales up 55.6% at the Perth Mint in 2015.

Gold Sales down 11.5% at the Perth Mint in 2015.









Silver Sales at the Perth Mint in 2015

Sales of one ounce American Silver Eagle coins (ASE’s) at the United States Mint set a record in 2015 for the third year in a row.. The U.S. Mint sold 47,000,000 ASE’s in 2015 a 6.8% increase from 2014.

Sales of American Silver Eagles in 2015 were impressive, but were stunted by a production delay in July caused by overwhelming demand and persistent and restrictive allocations by the U.S. Mint to its Authorized Purchasers.

At the height of Great Silver Shortage of 2015, the Perth Mint stepped up in September with a new silver bullion coin, the Australian Kangaroo. The coin was an immediate hit and filled the silver coin shortage gap and propelled Perth Mint silver sales to record levels.

Sales of silver at the Perth Mint rose 55.6% in 2015 to 11,775,927 ouncesfrom 7,567,467 ounces in 2014. Most of the sales increase occurred in the final four months of the year on the back of Australian Kanagroo coin sales.

The Perth Mint sold 11,775,927 ounces of silver in 2015.

December 2015 silver sales at the Perth Mint fell 5.4% from 1,145,239 in November to

1,083,460 ounces in December. Silver sales at the Perth Mint in December 2015 were 126.8% higher than sales of 477,731 ounces in December 2014.

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Gold Sales at the Perth Mint in 2014

Gold Sales were down 11.5% Year Over Year at the Perth Mint

The Perth Mint sold 457,132 ounces of gold in 2015, down from 516,709 ounces in 2014.

December sales of gold at the Perth mint were 40,096 ounces, up 26.7% from 31,644 ounces sold in November and essentially flat from from 40,211 ounces sold in December 2014.

In contrast sales of gold at the U.S. Mint rose sharply in 2015.

Gold sales were down at the Perth Mint in 2015.

Silver to Gold Sales Ratios at the U.S. and Perth Mints

The U.S. and Perth Mints are selling proportionally increasing amounts of silver to gold.

The U.S. Mint sold 47,000,000 one ounce American Silver Eagle coins and 626,500 one ounce American Gold Eagle coins for a silver to gold sales ratio of 75.02 to 1.

The Perth Mint sold 11,775,927 ounces of silver and 457,132 ounces of gold for a silver to gold sales ratio of 25.76 to 1.

The Gold Silver Ratio

In contrast, to the silver to gold sales ratio, the gold silver ratio measures how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold.

December 2014 – December 2015 Gold Silver Ratio

The Gold Silver Ratio during 2015 was well over 70 to 1 for almost all of the year.

The gold silver ratio illustrated with seven American Silver Eagle coins, two 1/10 ounce silver rounds and one 1/10 American Gold Eagle coin

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