Silver Eagle Questions

Sorry I thought I looked hard enough but I didn't still finding my way around thanks. :)

Sorry like I said on the previous page I forgot to mention I was talking about proof bullion coins.

Not to bring up a controversial numismatic subject but no one has mention burnished to him yet?

The American silver eagle is a large round silver object made in a variety of finishes and mints. As with many modern coins mintage's are often high resulting in few rare coins but those few are highly sought after and command a pretty penny to acquire. They are a fun way to build a set that wont break the bank for the majority of them. I would not bother with grading with the exception of the 1995 w proof coin.



The classic design with the proof cameo appearance is especially attractive to me.

OK I'm just confused because it says bullion and proof you say there isn't bullion proof so I take it that its "bullion" because its a silver planchette? And its a proof because that's what it was made to be? Or maybe its cause the box says so its just a shiny version of a bullion eagle..

The "5 coin proof set" sounds like this:



..which is NOT a proof set but the 2011 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle set containing a proof, W (burnished), Reverse Proof, bullion ASE, and an S mint (burnished) ASE

The S and RP are unique to the set. the other 3 were also available singularly

$600 sounds about right....it is a perfect example of the different types of Silver Eagles out there...all .999 silver but all different

Not a burnished reverse proof, two different coins.

Let me try to list the different silver eagles.

The easiest way to know the bullion coins are, they have no
mint mark.

All the collector silver Eagles that come from the mint
will have a mint mark.

From 1986 through 2005 there was
- Bullion coins with no mint mark
- Velvet box proof silver Eagle, different years of these
had different mint marks (P,S or W)

Starting in 2006 the burnished coin was added to
yearly mint releases. It has a satin like finish and mint
mark.

Then there are special sets
- 10th Anniversary, has a W mint proof ASE, plus gold eagles
- 20TH Anniversary, has Proof, reverse proof and Burnished
- 25th Anniversary, has Proof, reverse proof, W Burnished,
S Burnished and a bullion ASE ( no mint mark)
- 2012 San Francisco S Proof and S reverse proof
- 2013 West point set, W Reverse proof and
W Enhanced Uncirculated finished

IMO the mint marked coins are very collectable. They all
trade at levels above the bullion coins.

The bullion coins do have a collector based in the slabbed
market. Not only MS70 coins, but also the special labeled
slabs.

For the Proof Silver eagles, some of the PR70 graded coins
sell for very high prices.

Lastly, there was no 2009 Proof issued and no burnished for
2009 and 2010.

Not sure if this helps .. just trying to be clear