I've got a 1986 and a 2014 gold eagle (1/10oz) and I see differences in color, surface, letters, even thickness.
The 1986 is more yellow-gold, slightly thicker and has larger letters on pluribus / in god we trust. It's also more shiny.
The 2014 is dull looking, more copperish, thiner, smaller letters (pluribus unum / god we trust), and the surface is weird.
Diameter same, weight +0.03gr for the 86 but it also has some metal solder on its side.
Anyway here goes
http://s22.postimg.org/dg9q79mc1/2014_1.jpghttp://s22.postimg.org/95v2boh8x/2014_2.jpghttp://s22.postimg.org/bd3wdcbwx/2014_3.jpgI searched around a bit, found a similar phenomenon here:
http://www.coinsusallecollection.co...ins%2011.jpg...you can see that the 97 (copperish / small letters etc) is like my 2014, while the 98 is like my 86.
Any ideas if that's normal?