Guide to American Silver Eagle Coins
The 1995-W Proof Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) is the key date coin of the series. The coin has a mintage of only 30,125 pieces, which is extraordinarily low for such a popular and widely collected modern series. The coin was produced and sold only as part of the 10th Anniversary American Eagle Proof Set. […]
Mintage levels were pushed to the highest levels in years for the 1999 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay). The main driver was the uncertainty surrounding Y2K, which caused an increased demand for physical precious metals. Much of the buying was concentrated in bullion Gold Eagles, which experienced record sales levels, but silver bullion also benefited. […]
The 1998 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) saw its mintage creep higher for bullion coins, as the price of silver spiked and then dropped during the year. In the following year, bullion coin sales would jump to even higher levels due to an increased interest in precious metals leading up to Y2K. Proof Coin In […]
The 1997 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) has the third lowest bullion coin mintage for the series, however it only carries a slight premium. In total, the United States Mint produced 4,295,004 of the silver bullion coins, representing a higher total than only 1994 and 1996. Proof Coin The 1997 Proof Silver Eagle (Buy on […]
The 1996 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) saw the lowest bullion coin mintage for the entire series at only 3,603,386 coins. This proved to be the floor for silver bullion demand, as mintages climbed steadily for the next several years and have never revisited the low level experienced this year. The bullion 1996 Silver Eagle […]
The 1995 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) marked the tenth year of release for the popular bullion and collector coin series. On the bullion side, the US Mint released the standard one ounce silver coins. The final mintage for the year was 4,672,051. Collectors were provided with two different versions of the 1995 Proof Silver […]
The uptick in mintage in the prior year proved fleeting. The 1994 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) experienced a decline that brought the mintage to the lowest level for the series thus far. The total production of just 4,227,319 coins remains the second lowest bullion mintage for the overall series. Proof Coin The mintage for […]
The 1993 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) showed an increased mintage for the bullion version of the coin as the price of silver bounced off its lows. The US Mint sold nearly seven million 1993-dated coins to silver bullion investors and collectors. The rise in demand would prove to be temporary, however, with mintages falling […]
The 1992 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay) experienced a drop in demand for the bullion version of the coin. After three consecutive years of increases, the mintage fell by more than 1.5 million to 5,540,068. This came as the price of silver edged lower for another year. Proof Coin The 1992 Proof Silver Eagle (Buy […]
The United States Mint’s silver bullion coin series entered its sixth year with the 1991 Silver Eagle (Buy on eBay). The annual mintage increased for the third consecutive time to 7,191,066 coins. This number represented a temporary peak, which would not be exceeded until the pre-Y2K demand drove the mintage for the 1999 bullion coin […]