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Hello,everyone! I am Carolyn, from Louisiana. Well, I have no idea how I got here, but it must mean I am making progress! I ordered a coin and it came in the mail. Astonishing! The label on it and what I ordered was a 2021S silver eagle coin. However inside the plastic holder was a 2021W/A minted silver eagle. Has this ever happened to anyone else out there?  |
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to CCF! The W/A on the obverse are the initials of the designer, Adolph Weinman. The S mintmark is on the reverse, to the right of the eagle. |
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Hi Carolyn, Welcome. On the Obverse of the coin WA are the designers Initials ( Adolph Weinman)  The mint mark (S) is on the reverse of the coin, like Zurie posted above  |
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to the CCF! |
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There is no 's' on the back of the silver dollar. But thank you for telling me about the designer's initials. I am very disappointed it does not have a mint mark!
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If it looks like this ( no mint mark), its bullion (a coin sold for its silver content only). At the current silver price these are selling for $32-$35. You shouldn't buy the bullion slabbed or pay any extra premium.   |
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At the current silver price these are selling for $32-$35. If buying online, at least, it will be closer to $40. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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If buying online, at least, it will be closer to $40. I get my ASE's from my local coin shop, but if you want to pay more that's on you. |
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The WA initials seem to catch new people with the same question from time to time.
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I like the reverse proof! Haven't added any to my collection thus far however.
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If no S mintmark on the reverse, is it possible what you purchased was listed as a "2021 (S)" silver eagle? The S in ( ) indicates a supplemental mintage of bullion eagles minted at San Francisco to help with a shortage in certain years, (including 2020 and 2021) but do not have a mintmark. They are identical to the other bullion silver eagles (but indeed minted at the San Francisco mint). They could only be distinguished by markings on the original 500 count boxes from the mint. They have a lower mintage than from West Point (about 2 million if I remember correctly). Some collectors put a premium on them others not.
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04/05/2022 3:40 pm
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@Ptiger70, Probable what you ordered was the uncirculated version. Advertised as "S" because it came from a box of emergency production eagles minted in San Francisco but not bearing the S mint mark.
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@PTiger 70 Also was the coin you purchased listed as "proof"? The only silver eagles to have an S mintmark actually on them were proof coins. There are also proof eagles with a W mintmark. Uncirculated eagles, from the mint have a W mintmark also, while all bullion eagles whether minted at West Point, San Francisco, or Philadelphia have no mintmark.
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04/05/2022 3:56 pm
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Pictures would help, and keep everybody from guessing what coin you have.
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