February sales of Australian bullion jumped for silver products but fell for gold products to their lowest point since October 2020, according to figures from The Perth Mint of Australia.
The Mint’s bullion sales set against plunging precious metals with LBMA prices (USD) in February tumbling 5.2% for gold and 10.7% for silver.
Perth Mint Gold Bullion Sales in February 2023
Perth Mint February sales of minted gold coins and bars combined to 52,241 ounces, posting declines of 18.9% from the prior month and 28.1% from February of last year. The monthly level was the lowest since sales of 38,367 ounces in October 2020.
"While still buoyant in historical terms, the result to some extent reflected the fact that we did not unveil any new gold investor coins during the month," said Neil Vance, General Manager Minted Products.
Perth Mint gold sales for the year to date at 116,636 ounces are 16.3% lower than the 139,360 ounces sold through the same period last year.
Perth Mint Silver Bullion Sales in February 2023
February sales of the Mint’s silver coins and bars reached 1,484,936 ounces, marking a 20.4% increase from January but a 9% decline from February 2022.
"Silver sales bounced higher, with available press time fully utilized over the course of the period. As a result, the Mint shipped everything it produced in February," the Mint noted.
Their year-to-date silver sales at 2,718,280 ounces are 33.4% lower than the 4,019,488 sold during the first two months of last year.
Monthly Perth Mint Gold and Silver Sales
Below is a monthly summary of Perth Mint bullion sales from February 2022 to February 2023. The figures show monthly ounces of gold and silver shipped as minted products by The Perth Mint to wholesale and retail customers worldwide. It excludes sales of cast bars and other Group activities including sales of allocated/unallocated precious metal for storage by the Depository.
| Perth Mint Bullion Sales (in troy ounces) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Silver | Gold | |
| February 2023 | 1,484,936 | 52,241 |
| January 2023 | 1,233,344 | 64,395 |
| December 2022 | 1,634,751 | 60,634 |
| November 2022 | 1,315,293 | 114,304 |
| October 2022 | 1,995,350 | 183,102 |
| September 2022 | 2,579,941 | 88,554 |
| August 2022 | 1,655,334 | 84,976 |
| July 2022 | 2,465,513 | 79,305 |
| June 2022 | 1,523,765 | 65,281 |
| May 2022 | 2,217,582 | 98,515 |
| April 2022 | 2,119,491 | 80,941 |
| March 2022 | 1,649,634 | 121,997 |
| February 2022 | 1,632,323 | 72,651 |
The Perth Mint’s General Manager of Minted Products cited the fact that the Mint “did not unveil any new gold investor coins” in February as one of the more likely reasons for considerably slower sales. Perhaps counterintuitively, it nevertheless definitely makes me wonder exactly why anyone who chooses to first buy thousands of these extremely high-priced ducats and then stash them away for ages in a dark vault somewhere would even give a hoot what they look like.
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