Comments on: 2011 Proof American Silver Eagle Sales Hit $22 Million in Six Days

By: Merit Financial

Merit Financial — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:44:51 +0000

Silver Eagles have by far and away been our most popular coins. Followed by other American Silver coins and then Canadian Maple Leafs. When these coins sale out, combined with any major run in silver towards $45/$50, the wholesale value on these coins could easily be in the $89/$99 mark.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:33:49 +0000

Silver anniversary for a silver coin – sounds logical. The mint seems to recognize only anniversaries in multiples of 10, though, and the reverse proof has already been done. They’re very conservative, only rarely willing to try new ideas, and apparently the last good artists they employed were all back in the early 1900’s – look at the gold, silver, and palladium (when it comes out next year) eagles. The platinum eagle isn’t wining any awards and the current series doesn’t even have an eagle on it except for a tiny little “privy mark” (probably a 19th century remnant) put there I’m sure just so they could still call it an “eagle”. They do seem to be trying, however unsuccessful they’ve been so far.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:00:26 +0000

The Mint should create a special Silver Eagle Silver Anniversary set to celebrate that 2011 is the 25th edition of the Silver Eagle Proof Coin. A Reverse Proof with both the S and W mint marks would be very nice.
The Mint has 5 months to make this happen. Do you think that they will miss this special opportunity to celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the Silver Eagle?