The Final Mintage totals for the 2009 American Silver Eagle

The United States mint has just reported the final mintage totals for the 2009 American silver eagle. They produced 30,459,000 coins the highest number in the 24-year history of the program. This is 48% higher than the previous record high of 20,583,000 set in 2008. The lowest mintage was 3,603,386 in 1996.