Gold Eagle Mintages

The tables below present American Gold Eagle coin mintages across all options. The tables includes all denominations and various versions that have been offered since the series was launched in 1986.

In the case of collectible coins, the mintages listed are generally composed of individual coins sales plus any sales made through multiple coin sets. In most years, four coin sets were offered which included one coin of each denomination, although in some years, different sets were offered. For any years marked with an asterisk (*), refer to the notes at the bottom of the page.

The lowest mintage coin across all options is the 2012-W $50 Uncirculated Gold Eagle. This collectible uncirculated coin had a final audited mintage of just 5,829 pieces.

The highest mintage coin was the 1999 $5 American Gold Eagle. This one-tenth ounce bullion coin had a mintage of 2,750,338. It was in high demand amidst a surge in precious metals demand ahead of Y2K.

The mintages presented in the tables below are subject to change and reflect the most current information as of December 18, 2023.

American Gold Eagle Bullion Mintage

Date	1 oz.	1/2 oz.	1/4 oz.	1/10 oz.
1986	1,362,650	599,566	726,031	912,609
1987	1,045,500	131,255	269,255	580,266
1988	465,500	45,000	49,000	159,500
1989	415,790	44,829	81,789	264,790
1990	373,210	31,000	41,000	210,210
1991	243,100	24,100	36,100	165,200
1992	275,000	54,404	59,546	209,300
1993	480,192	73,324	71,864	210,709
1994	221,663	62,400	72,650	206,380
1995	200,636	53,474	83,752	223,025
1996	189,148	39,287	60,318	401,964
1997	664,508	79,605	108,805	528,515
1998	1,468,530	169,029	309,829	1,344,520
1999	1,505,026	263,013	564,232	2,750,338
2000	433,319	79,287	128,964	569,153
2001	143,605	48,047	71,280	269,147
2002	222,029	70,027	62,027	230,027
2003	416,032	79,029	74,029	245,029
2004	417,019	98,040	72,014	250,016
2005	356,555	80,023	72,015	300,043
2006	237,510	66,005	60,004	285,006
2007	140,016	47,002	34,004	190,010
2008	710,000	61,000	70,000	305,000
2009	1,493,000	110,000	110,000	270,000
2010	1,125,000	81,000	86,000	435,000
2011	857,000	70,000	80,000	350,000
2012	675,000	43,000	90,000	290,000
2013	758,500	57,000	114,500	555,000
2014	425,000	35,000	90,000	545,000
2015*	594,000	78,000	158,000	980,000
2016	817,500	71,000	152,000	925,000
2017	228,500	37,000	64,000	395,000
2018	191,000	32,000	62,000	230,000
2019	108,000	30,000	38,000	195,000
2020	747,500	70,000	106,000	350,000
2021 Type 1	456,500	31,000	56,000	150,000
2021 Type 2	665,500	65,000	108,000	350,000
2022	850,000	75,000	140,000	575,000
2023	921,500	102,000	198,000	670,000

American Gold Eagle Proof Mintage

Date	1 oz.	1/2 oz.	1/4 oz.	1/10 oz.
1986*	446,290	–	–	–
1987*	147,498	143,398	–	–
1988	87,133	76,528	98,028	143,881
1989	54,570	44,798	54,170	84,647
1990	62,401	51,636	62,674	99,349
1991	50,411	53,125	50,839	70,334
1992	44,826	40,976	46,269	64,874
1993*	34,369	43,819	46,464	58,649
1994	46,674	44,584	48,172	62,849
1995*	46,368	45,388	47,526	62,667
1996	36,153	35,058	38,219	57,047
1997*	32,999	26,344	29,805	34,977
1998	25,886	25,374	29,503	39,395
1999	31,427	30,427	34,417	48,428
2000	33,007	32,028	36,036	49,971
2001	24,555	23,240	25,613	37,530
2002	27,499	26,646	29,242	40,864
2003	28,344	28,270	30,292	40,027
2004	28,215	27,330	28,839	35,131
2005	35,246	34,311	37,207	49,265
2006*	47,092	34,322	36,127	47,277
2007	51,810	44,025	46,189	58,553
2008	30,237	22,602	18,877	28,116
2010	59,480	44,527	44,507	54,285
2011	48,306	26,781	28,782	42,697
2012	23,630	12,809	13,775	20,740
2013	24,710	12,718	12,789	21,742
2014	28,703	14,693	14,790	22,725
2015	32,652	15,820	15,775	26,769
2016	40,044	22,001	22,828	37,312
2017	9,245	12,717	14,516	11,158
2018	15,645	9,204	12,770	21,156
2019	14,697	9,454	10,613	17,809
2020	17,358	14,020	15,806	24,033
2021 Type 1	12,558	9,741	10,387	21,078
2021 Type 2	15,731	12,163	13,511	24,984
2022	15,819	11,876	14,370	23,712
2023	15,863	11,408	13,886	22,824

American Gold Eagle Uncirculated (Burnished) Mintage

Date	1 oz.	1/2 oz.	1/4 oz.	1/10 oz.
2006-W*	45,053	15,164	15,188	20,643
2007-W	18,066	11,455	12,766	22,501
2008-W	11,908	16,682	8,883	12,657
2011-W	8,729	–	–	–
2012-W	5,829	–	–	–
2013-W	7,293	–	–	–
2014-W	7,902	–	–	–
2015-W	6,533	–	–	–
2016-W	6,887	–	–	–
2017	5,800	–	–	–
2018	8,518	–	–	–
2019	5,867	–	–	–
2020	6,284	–	–	–
2021 Type 2	8,914	–	–	–
2022	8,848	–	–	–
2023	5,767	–	–	–

American Gold Eagle Notes*

1986 – Fractional coins were not offered in Proof version.

1987 – The 1/4 ounce and 1/10 ounce fractional coins were not offered in Proof version. The U.S. Mint offered a two coin set containing the one ounce and 1/2 ounce Proof coins.

1993 – The Philadelphia Set was offered which included Proof 1/2 ounce, 1/4 ounce, and 1/10 ounce coins. A total of 12,689 units were sold and have been reflected in the component figures.

1995 – The 10th Anniversary Five Coin Set was offered in addition to the usual Four Coin Set. A total of 30,102 of the Five Coin Sets were sold and have been reflect in the component figures.

1997 – The Impressions of Liberty Set was offered which included the Proof one ounce Gold Eagle. A total of 4,965 sets were sold and have been reflected in the component figure.

2006 – The 20th Anniversary Gold Eagle Set included the one ounce Proof Gold Eagle and one ounce Uncirculated Gold Eagle. A total of 9,996 sets were sold. The 20th Anniversary Gold and Silver Eagle Set included the one ounce Uncirculated Gold Eagle. A total of 19,145 sets were sold. These amounts have been added to the component totals.

2008 – The Double Prosperity Set included the 1/2 ounce Uncirculated Gold Eagle. A total of 7,622 sets were sold. This amount has been added to the component total.

2015 – Narrow Reeding included in 1/10 oz bullion coin number.

2021 – A strike error was made on the Type 2 $10 Gold Eagle, resulting in 7,924 pieces with an unfinished Proof obverse die bearing a “W” mint mark.

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