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Silver Maple Sales Surge

Published 05/25/2016, 01:47 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM

The Royal Canadian Mint just published its Q1 2016 Report and the silver bullion coin sales figures were stunning to say the least. Not only did sales of Canadian Silver Maple Leafs surpass its previous record during the third quarter last year, it did so by a wide margin.

Why is this such a big deal? Because Q1 2016 sales of Silver Maples topped the Q3 2015 record, without surging demand and product shortages. Last year, there was a huge spike in silver retail investment demand due to the supposed “Shemitah” or the collapse of the broader stock markets. Investors piled into silver in a big way as they perceived a year-end market crash was inevitable.

During last August and September, some websites stated 2 month delivery wait times for certain products such as Silver Eagles and Silver Maples. With the huge spike in demand, sales of Canadian Silver Maples reached 9.5 million oz (Moz) in Q3 2015. Although, once investors became more relaxed as the broader markets turned around, demand for physical silver investment cooled down. Thus, Silver Maple sales declined to 9.1 Moz in the last quarter of 2015.

However, something very interesting took place during the first quarter this year. Sales of Silver Maples jumped to an all-time record high of 10.6 Moz:

Canadian Maple Leaf Sales 2015-vs-2016

Actually, I was quite stunned by the figures published in the recent Royal Canadian Mint Report. Sales of Silver Maples jumped 1.1 Moz in Q1 2016 vs Q3 2015, with no real spike in overall retail investment demand. Which means, investors bought more Silver Maples in Q1 2016 than any other quarter in history.

Furthermore, if Silver Maple sales continue to be this strong, the Royal Canadian Mint is on track to sell over 40 Moz compared to the 34.3 Moz in 2015. If Silver Eagle sales also continue on their strong trend of 1 Moz per week, the U.S. Mint could sell over 50 Moz of these coins. Together, these two official mints could sell over 90 Moz of Silver Eagles and Maples in just one year.

This goes to show investors who are frustrated by the short-term price moves of gold and silver, that the market continues to purchase record volumes of these official coins… regardless.

That being said, the precious metal community needs to focus on the Mid-Long Term fundamentals of buying and holding gold and silver. Precious Metals analysts would serve our industry better if we forgo the HYPE and $50 Silver & $2,000 Gold This Year MANTRA.

I do believe the value of the precious metals will rise to levels much higher than we can imagine, but it will come when the Greatest Financial Paper Ponzi Scheme finally collapses. So, it’s best to continue focusing on the fundamentals, rather than short-term price predictions.

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