American Silver Eagle Key Dates

The 1986 silver eagle was the first of this series produced by the us mint.

American silver eagle key dates.

It has a. Starting in 1986 the american silver eagle program has been enormously successful. Basics of the american silver eagle series. Further insights into the key dates and why they re coveted are provided therein.

When the program started the mintage of the bullion coins was typically below 10 million now with growth of the demand for these coins the mintages are four times the original rate. These 99 9 silver coins are needed by every collector hoping to build a complete date and mint mark collection. The first year almost 5 4 million bullion coins were minted and nearly 1 5 million proof silver eagles. While not issued as the annual proof silver eagle the 1995 w silver eagle is largely considered to be the key date of the entire silver eagle series.

At that point you can begin expanding your collection by returning to this checklist and acquiring the remaining mint marks for each year as well as any variations you find interesting see key dates. The popular proof silver eagles are also covered in the article. Eric was also the first analyst to compare the american silver eagle to the morgan silver dollar in his books and articles a comparison that other writers have picked up on. 1986 while nearly 5 4 million silver eagles were minted in 1986 which is comparable to the mintage of many other silver eagles produced in the 80s and 90s 1986 was the inaugural year of the american silver eagle which makes these coins in especially high demand.

When you have finished the checklist you will have one american eagle silver dollar from every year of the series. Issued and only available in in the 10 th anniversary set while a mintage of 45 000 was initially set only 30 125 sold and are thus now available to collectors. Until 2019 any numismatist would easily cite the 1995 w proof american silver eagle released as a bonus in the 1995 w five coin anniversary american gold eagle set as the series key. Then move on to the next date.

I recently interviewed him about his arguments about key date coins. It is struck only in the one troy ounce size which has a nominal face value of one dollar and is guaranteed to contain one troy ounce of 99 9 pure silver it is authorized by title ii of public law 99 61 liberty coin act approved july 9. To collectors some of these american silver eagle key dates are highly sought after and can command a very high premium. How the new reverse design the mint plans to launch in 2021 and the issuance of the 2019 s erp the.

1995 w proof silver eagle. The american silver eagle is the official silver bullion coin of the united states. This information will assist you in choosing which dates to target. It was first released by the united states mint on november 24 1986.

Key date american eagle silver dollars are the scarcer dates that are usually more difficult to find.