Burnished Silver Eagle 2008 Without Mint Mark?

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rotogrip New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 04/14/2020 2:42 pm I have a roll of 2008 Silver Eagles that don't have the "W" mint mark, however they look burnished. Does anyone know if this is possible? I thought only the "W" mint mark was burnished. Any Silver Eagle experts out there who can clarify for me? Maybe these are error coins? I just added photos if that helps Thanks Edited by rotogrip 04/15/2020 11:28 am Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 04/14/2020 2:59 pm to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
omxfl Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 04/14/2020 9:30 pm Any chance you can post a few photos? That will help the experts on here. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12819 Posts	Posted 04/15/2020 12:15 am to CCF! 2008 ASEs without a mint mark will be the bullion variety and yes, minted at West Point. They were sold directly to 3rd party Precious Metals dealers, and then resold to investors. This is very likely what you have. Burnished 2008 ASEs have the "W" mint mark, were packaged in mint packaging and sold retail by the U.S. Mint to whomever wanted to buy, similar to the Proof ASE offering. There are 4 varieties of ASE available for 2008: 1. Bullion ( no mint mark) 2. Proof (W) 3. Burnished (W) 4. Burnished w/ Reverse of 2007 (W) Report this Post to the Staff
Bret Pillar of the Community United States 1913 Posts	Posted 04/15/2020 11:34 am I think it's often very difficult to tell the difference between a nice looking bullion and a burnished W. Report this Post to the Staff
bzookaj Pillar of the Community United States 587 Posts	Posted 04/15/2020 12:15 pm The pictures look like regular bullion to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Big-Kingdom Pillar of the Community United States 1667 Posts	Posted 04/15/2020 4:33 pm I personally don't see the difference between a burnished and a nice conditioned uncirculated. it's literally a buffed die that imparts a bit more luster to the strike,and kind of hard to tell the difference between the two visually if the bullion uncirculated is just a really good strike,. I dunno, I think it was just a way for them to add another mint product for collectors to buy, I mean it's the difference between a satin finish, and a slightly more satiny finish in my opinion, but the burnished carry the W mintmark and that is the major difference. maybe a burnished collector will disagree with me, and can point out the differences but Personally I don't see it from a well struck bullion that's in really nice uncirculated condition. it's like the satin finish mint set coins and the circulation strikes, I don't see a real difference there when you compare a nice business strike to the one in the mint set. Report this Post to the Staff
TheInfinityPoint Valued Member United States 171 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 06:25 am My burnished 2011 ASE has a really cool rainbow sheen compared to the "regular" uncirculated ASE from the same set (both slabbed 70s). On the other hand I cannot tell a single difference between burnished and bullion version for my slabbed 2019 set (which I'm almost done assembling, stay tuned!). Report this Post to the Staff
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