American Silver Eagle Mintage By Year

December sales totals unpublished.

American silver eagle mintage by year.

Mintage figures last updated on 01 28 2020. These us mint coins for sale have become the most popular coin in the world. The highest mintage bullion year is 2015 with sales reaching an astounding 47 000 000 coins and achieving the sixth annual sales record in seven years. We wanted to develop a handy guide that shows you mintages from year to year.

One called the congratulations set 17rf with an announced mintage of 75 000 units. Basics of the american silver eagle series. 1 the 2017 s proof coin was released in two special sets. The highest mintage proof issue was the inaugural year of 1986 with 1 446 778 pieces distributed.

The american silver eagle has been minted since 1986 but the type of coin has not been consistent from year to year. It is struck only in the one troy ounce size which has a nominal face value of one dollar and is guaranteed to contain one troy ounce of 99 9 pure silver it is authorized by title ii of public law 99 61 liberty coin act approved july 9. When the program started the mintage of the bullion coins was typically below 10 million now with growth of the demand for these coins the mintages are four times the original rate. The turn of the century brought a change in the production of american silver eagle coins.

Sales totals shown are based on sales data released by the us mint. Moreover american gold eagle coins are available in 1 10 1 4 1 2 and 1 troy oz weights with a release each year. One called the congratulations set 17rf with an announced mintage of 75 000 units. Below you will find a table that illustrates the different annual mintages of bullion proof and burnished american silver eagles since the coin s.

The other limited edition proof set 17rc with an announced mintage of 50 000 units. Starting in 1986 the american silver eagle program has been enormously successful. The us mint produced 5 3 million silver eagles in the first year. 9 at 64 50 per coin with no household ordering restrictions or maximum mintage.

3 the 2017 s proof coin was released in two special sets. The american gold eagles are struck using 0 9167 purity gold the silver eagle coins are minted from 0 999 purity silver while the platinum variants are created using 0 9995 pure platinum. 1 sales totals through november 30 2019. The american silver eagle is the official silver bullion coin of the united states.

Production ranged between 5 7 million per year for most of the first decade. American silver eagle mintage notes. Current and accurate silver eagles mintage chart. 2 announced mintage was 30 000 coins.