Mintage of Bullion Coins

Mintages can run as low as under 100, to as many as 5 million or so.

Australian Silver Lunar Series

Source: Perth Mint; Confidence: High

Year	Name	1/2 oz ($.50)	1 oz ($1)	2 oz ($2)	10 oz ($10)	Kilo ($30)
1996	Mouse	0	0	0	0	0
1997	Ox	0	0	0	0	0
1998	Tiger	0	0	0	0	0
1999	Rabbit	5,500	3,000	1,500	Unknown	750
2000	Dragon	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Canadian Silver Maple

Source: Ad; Confidence: Medium-High

Year	1 ounce
1988	1,155,000
1989	3,332,000
1990	1,708,800
1991	644,300
1992	343,800
1993	889,946
1994	1,113,900
1995	326,244
1996	250,433
1997	100,970
1998	591,359
1999	1,229,442
1999-2000	300,000
2000	403,652
2001	398,563
2002	576,196
2003	???
2004	???

Chinese Silver Panda

Year	1/2 ounce	1 ounce	2 ounce	5 ounce	10 ounce	12 ounce
1983	-	10,000	-	-	-	-
1984	-	10,000	-	-	-	-
1985	-	10,000	-	5,000 HK Int'l Show	-	-
1986	-	WildLife Proof: 25K Unc: 20K	-	2,000 95th ANA Show	-	1,000 HK Int'l Show
1987	-	0 (Unc) 30,000 (Prf)	-	25,000	-	-
1988	-	-	-	11,000	-	5,000
1989	-	250,000 (Unc) 25,000 (Prf)	-	10,000	-	5,000
1990	-	200,000 (Unc) 20,000 (Prf)	-	5,000	-	2,500
1991	-	100,000 (Unc) 20,000 (Prf)	10,000 10th anniv	4,000	-	2,500
1992	-	100,000 (Unc) 20,000 (Prf)	-	4,000	-	2,500
1993	128,888	120,000 (Unc) 20,000 (Prf)	-	3,000	-	2,000
1994	Unknown	120,000 (Unc) 20,000 (Prf)	-	3,000	-	2,000
1995	Unknown	168,000 (Unc) 10,000 (Prf)	-	1,500	-	2,000
1996	Unknown	Unknown (Unc) ?Minted? (Prf)	-	-	-	800
1997	Unknown	Unknown (Unc) ??? (Prf)	-	-	-	-
1998	Unknown	Unknown (Unc) 100,000 (color) ?Minted? (Prf)	-	-	-	Unknown (1 Kilo)
1999	???	Unknown (Unc) 100,000 (color) ?Minted? (Prf)	-	-	-	Unknown (1 Kilo)

Isle of Man Silver Cats

Source: Ad; Confidence: Low-Medium

Year	Name	1 ounce Proof	BU
1988	Manx	50,000	0
1989	Persian	Unknown	???
1990	Alley	???	???
1991	Norwegian	???	???
1992	Siamese	50,000	???
1993	Maine Coon	50,000	???
1994	Japanese	???	???
1995	Turkish	50,000	???
1996	Burmese	50,000	???
1997	Smoke	50,000	???
1998	Birman	50,000	???
1999	British Blue	50,000	???
2000	Scottish Fold	50,000	???
2001	Somali Kittens	50,000	???
2002	Bengal	50,000	???
2003	Unknown	???	???
2004	Unknown	???	???

U.S. Silver Eagles

Source: US Mint, Krause magazine, Internet; Confidence: Low

Year	1 ounce (US Mint)	1 oz (Krause)	1 oz alt mint (Krause)	Other
1986	???	5,393,005	1,446,778S
1987	???	11,442,335	904,732S
1988	???	5,004,646	557,370S
1989	???	5,203,327	617,694S
1990	???	5,840,210	695,510S
1991	???	7,191,066	511,924S
1992	5,544,000	5,540,068	498,552S
1993	5,890,000	6,763,762	403,625P
1994	5,540,500	4,227,319	?P
1995	4,590,000	4,672,051	?P, 30,125W
1996	3,466,000	3,603,386	?P
1997	3,636,000	4,295,004	?P
1998	4,320,000	???	?P
1999	9,008,500	???	?	7,413,000
2000	9,133,000	???	?	9,239,000
2001	8,827,500	???	?	9,001,711
2002	10,475,500	???	?	10,535,000
2003	9,153,500	???	?	8,495,008
2004	est. ~10 million	???	?	???

This page last updated July 12, 2004.

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