Did the U.S. Mint definitely stop production of 2008 Silver Eagles for the year, or is it only temporary?

Question

Did the U.S. Mint definitely stop production of 2008 Silver Eagles for the year, or is it only temporary?

Answer 1

More silver eagles were sold that the mint expected. That led to them running out of planchets. They buy the blanks from companies and do not make their own. The companies did not have a large enough reserve of the blanks to fill the new orders for them from the mint. As the blanks become available the mint will strike more. A blank is just that, a silver circle. A planchet is the same but has the raised rims, the mint puts on the rims then strikes the coin. They will catch up but it may take some time.