Owner Comments:
Similar to the prior year’s San Francisco Set offering, the West Point Set was available for ordering only during a four-week ordering window with the sets to be produced to demand based on total orders received. Each set was priced at $139.95, or $10 lower compared to the prior year set. Silver was priced at $24.07.
Initial demand was intense when the ordering window opened on May 9, 2013, resulting in the US Mint website briefly being taken offline. After less than 24 hours, orders exceeded 140,000 units, and by the conclusion of the opening weekend, orders exceeded 180,000 sets sold. For the duration of the ordering period, sales fell into a lower but steady range, until a surge of orders in the final days. At the close of the ordering period on June 7, 2013, sales were indicated at 281,310 sets sold, representing the highest total for any of the anniversary themed set offerings.
Sources: US Mint, Guide to American Silver Eagle Coins, Key Date Coins