Allegory Actual Coin Mintage's From Mints 2013 Report.

Thanks for posting the numbers.

I seem to remember the baseball coins still being available for sale on the Mint's web site in early 2014.

If that was the case, we'll have to wait for this year's report to get the final sales figures.

Sometimes a coin mintage spans 2 years and would be in 2 reports.
I researched a set that had that happen, I think it was the farewell to the penny 5 coin set.

@Northerncoins: Rest assured, I wasn't challenging your assertion of low sales figures for the WBC coins - I agree that they were a poor seller. (Even as a lifelong baseball fan, I didn't purchase any as I didn't find their designs attractive.)

I was just commenting that since you did not find any sales numbers in the RCM Annual Report for 2012, you might need to check out the 2014 AR for final reconciliation of the numbers.

I realize this is an old thread but I am seeing contradicting mintage figures specifically for this one.
2013 Allegory $25 Fine Silver Coin - is it 5,503 or 8,500 minted?

Reading the discussion above, was the total mintage updated to 8,500 after the mint report was printed?
or
Did they destroy returned or damaged ones and 5.503 is the final figure.
Thank you.

@TNG:

The 8,500 mintage figure listed on the RCM web site for the silver Allegory coin represents the maximum number of coins it would strike if supported by sales. It does not necessarily represent the total number of coins the Mint actually struck. The RCM is known to produce coins in batches (i.e., portions of the total potential mintage) in parallel with sales and so as not to create an internal oversupply situation within its inventory.

The 5,503 figure listed in the RCM's Annual Reports represents the number of coins it sold. The RCM may have produced a total of 6,000 coins or 7,500 or the full 8,500 maximum limit - this data is not published by the RCM.

In most cases, the RCM prints up the entire run of COAs as it is far cheaper to print them in one batch vs. multiple batches as there is only one setup cost involved. As the numbers on COAs have no connection to the order in which coins are struck (they are randomly inserted into the coin boxes), it is very possible to receive a coin with a COA number that is higher than the total final sales volume. In fact, it happens regularly and had been discussed here in the past.

In the past (5+ years ago), the RCM would destroy excess inventory after a coin had completed a twelve-month sales cycle. It has changed this policy in the past few years, as you can visit its web site and still purchase coins from as far back as 2014. As the Allegory coins are no longer available from the RCM, it would appear safe to say that it has not kept any coins above the 5,503 sales figure in inventory.

Collectors are most interested in mintage figures that represent the total number of coins available to the marketplace, not potential maximums. As such, the final mintage for the silver Allegory would be correctly reported as 5,503 and not 8,500.

You guys are great for answering my question. A high quality pair of responses. I can go on believing that there are only 5,503 of these out there that sold and that is probably it.
Thank you very much.
Here's an image of the coin I was referring to.

I do have a mint report book someplace that I bought just to acquire the gold and silver 2005 Victory 5 cent silver proof for my 5 cent set that was only available that way.
That was inserted in the cover and still remains in a plastic bubble of some kind. I'll have to dig that out to look inside and learn a bit more about the mint reports.