We suspect that the near complete lack of Silver Eagle coin sales by the US Mint over the past 3 weeks was due to the AP’s front running this announcement and selling down their inventories.
Once the Mint ends allocations, the Mint counts each coin purchased by the APs, and their purchase numbers during the “times of plenty” are ...Read full article here http://www.silverdoctors.com/silver/silver-news/us-mint-announces-end-of-silver-eagle-allocation/