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Hi all first post,
I hope you can help me. I bought a single 2002 US silver eagle 1 oz silver coin, that I thought was suspect. Then compared it to a 2008 coin. I found some differences on the reverse. The 2002's you in United states is the same as this U. While the 2008's you is a large version of a small u, like this u. With the little drop on the bottom right. Hope you get my meaning. Also the hyphen between Silver ~ One is more sharp on the 2002, while more rounded on the 2008.
Are these normal differences in years? Am I worrying too much?
Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 2008 ASE changed the "U" to add the serif and also the shape of the hyphen. You should be OK. Edited by BrickellCat
08/11/2011 07:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes for that year you are fine the "U" in UNITED STATES and the dash between SILVER and ONE was altered bu the US Mint on the reverse.
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United States
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When comparing coins, must must always compare two coins of the same year. A coin design can undergo a number of modifications during its mintage, most are not readily obvious. This just happened to be the first modification for the Silver Eagle and probably would not have been noticed much except that ~40,000 2008 Eagles were struck with the 2007 reverse- they are now worth a few hundred dollars.
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New Member
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Thank you all for replying and thanks for the welcome, Hope to spend some more time here. Another question- is there an online database of ASE and or other common bullion coins available. Meaning, detailed pictures and descriptions of coins according to year etc.? I'd hate to bother you all with my nit picky questions every time. Thanks, AuAg |
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United States
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 I noticed the older American gold eagles have Roman numerals for dates, where the newer ones have numbers seems like.... Subtle differences or improvements will always happen. I say if it is not broke, why fix it. I wished my corporate mangers understood that at the bar/restaurant where I work, as they get just a little idle time, loooookout time to change something to make things run "more efficient", lol.... And 9 times out of 10, whatever gets changed is way less efficient than it was before it got changed, typical.... Edited by Silverhawk74
08/12/2011 01:02 am
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and always  Pictures always help us help each other. Welcome to the family. |
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AuAg Quote:Another question- is there an online database of ASE and or other common bullion coins available. Meaning, detailed pictures and descriptions of coins according to year etc.? Simply because they are common bullion, this is not done very often. There are some extensive listings of the Chinese pandas. There's so much that's been added to the Interwebs (I can remember when it was almost impossible to find a spot price) that a google search for "American silver eagle" (or whatever) specifications should get you everything you need. |
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Thanks for that,
This forum is so far the best database I've found. The reason why I'm into learning more about common bullion is that when silver really spikes it's only a matter of time before the scammers in PRoC start banging out fakes. We'll probly be the first to see them. Slabbed 1906 silver dollars are one thing, this is another. So I want to be able to spot them.
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