Silver American Eagles through the years. Lots of Pictures.
Cajunpoorguy
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Just finished Imaging these today. It's neat to see the variation of surfaces back from the 1980s, up through 2020. Both Proofs and Business strikes are very different, even though the design hasn't changed much.
1986 PCGS MS69
1987 PCGS MS69
1988 PCGS MS69
1989 PCGS MS69
1990 PCGS MS69
1991 PCGS MS69
1992 PCGS MS69
1993 PCGS MS69
1994 PCGS MS68
1995 PCGS MS69
1996 PCGS MS69
1997 PCGS MS69
1998 PCGS MS69
1999 PCGS MS69
2000 PCGS MS69
2001 PCGS MS69
2002 PCGS MS69
2003 PCGS MS69
2004 PCGS MS69
2005 PCGS MS69
2006 PCGS MS69
2006-W PCGS SP69
2007 PCGS MS69
2007-W PCGS SP69
2008 PCGS MS69
2008-W PCGS SP69
2008-W Rev 2007
2009 PCGS MS69
2010 PCGS MS70
2011 PCGS MS70
2011-S
2011-W PCGS SP69
2012 PCGS MS69
2012-W PCGS SP69
2013 PCGS MS69
2013-W PCGS SP69
2013-W Enh Mint State PCGS SP70
2014 PCGS MS70
2014-W PCGS MS70
2015 PCGS MS70
2015-W PCGS SP69
2016 PCGS MS70
2016-W PCGS SP69
2017 PCGS MS70
2017-W PCGS MS69
2018 PCGS MS70
2018-W PCGS MS69
2019 PCGS MS70
2019-W PCGS SP70
2020 PCGS MS70
1986-S PCGS PR69DCAM
1987-S PCGS PR69DCAM
1988-S PCGS PR69DCAM
1989-S PCGS PR69DCAM
1990-S PCGS PR69DCAM
1991-S PCGS PR69DCAM
1992-S PCGS PR69DCAM
1993-P PCGS PR69DCAM
1994-P PCGS PR69DCAM
1995-P PCGS PR69DCAM
1995-W
1996-P PCGS PR69DCAM
1997-P PCGS PR69DCAM
1998-P PCGS PR69DCAM
1999-P PCGS PR69DCAM
2000-P PCGS PR69DCAM
2001-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2002-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2003-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2004-W PCGS PR70DCAM
2005-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2006-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2007-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2008-W PCGS PR70DCAM
2010-W PCGS PR70DCAM
2011-P Rev Pr
2011-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2012-S PCGS PR69DCAM
2012-S Rev Pr PCGS PR69
2012-W PCGS PR70DCAM
2013-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2013--W Rev Pr PCGS PR69
2014-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2015-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2016-W PCGS PR70DCAM
2017-S PCGS PR69DCAM
2017-W PCGS PR70DCAM
2018-S PCGS PR69DCAM
2018-W PCGS PR70DCAM
2019-S PCGS PR70DCAM
2019-W PCGS PR69DCAM
2019-S Enhanced Rev Pr.
2019-W Enhanced Rev Pr. PCGS PR70
2020-W PCGS PR69DCAM
Comments
These are great images!!! I was going to quote you just to duplicate the whole thing!!!! LOL....just kidding.
Those are great images!! It was nice to reminisce on the older ones. 🙂
Those are great images! THE 2006 has some interesting gold toning. The 2019-W ERP is a gem!
The 2013 W enh obverse would look great right next to the 2019 W enh obverse in one image. Like mirror images of each other
Mr_Spud
Nice ones!
Onastone, please don't quote the op. Lol
Bearcave, I tend to like the 80s sae proofs with a deeper relief in the fields. Kind of gives it a bowl mirror effect. The business strikes seem deeper in relief from the fields to the rims and have an overall more Pl appearance.
Coinmeister, thanks! The 2006 does have a bit of light gold. Prolly will go back into the wild to match the set.
Great pictures. I am starting out my 2013 ASE collection. I got to say the 2019-W Enhanced Reversed Proof is unique.
Sweet photos.
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peacockcoins
Thanks!
That is an amazing post.... I had no idea they varied that much. I have the series up until 2008, when I stopped... I must go back and look at some of these and compare them to yours. The ASE is a truly beautiful coin. Maybe I will start the series up again and complete it. Cheers, RickO
How about some SAE error coins ....
@ErrorsOnCoins are those hair-like things when fibres get in the dies? never seen that stuff before - really cool
The 2013 is struck thru and struck in fibers of some type.
The 1995 is struck in wires.
The others are struck in or struck thru plastic.
What do you mean by "struck in" plastic?
The first coin I posted, the 2019, has plastic struck into and retained into coin.
Struck thru plastic coins are coins that were struck thru plastic, but the plastic is not retained with the coin and fell off.
What are those lines of fiber? Silver coated fibers or just loose drippings of silver???
I am not sure of what type of fibers that are struck thru. There is a little bit of fiber struck into the coin as well. I can not determine what the fiber is, but it sure looks like threads.
Thanks,
Ricko, thanks. I appreciate it. We were really looking to just buy silver, but putting a set together just sounded funner. I never paid much attention to SAEs before so as we started getting them in, the noticeable difference in different eras of SAEs was interesting to us. The 80s through early 90s business strikes have a deeper relief and a bit more pl. The proofs have a higher relief as well. Getting into the 90s proofs, their frost has almost a satiny glow to them. By the 2000s, heavy frost on the business strikes and much lower relief. The proofs still have a satiny luster. Come the later 2010+ years and getting closer to now, the luster on the business strikes is flatter but less frosted than the mid 2000s. The 2017 proofs on up to current have a very grainy frost on a low relief, which makes them a bit more difficult to image. In addition to all the sub-sets, multiple branches making proofs, and sub-issues of lower mintage make the more modern ones a tad more difficult to navigate. All being said, its a very attainable set to complete, except for 3 or 4 coins. And I appreciate the variations over the years of coins like this. I don't see why more people see this set as the closest our Era has to what the Morgan and Peace dollars were 110 years ago.
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So, instead of showcasing those in their own thread, with their own title, where people could more easily find them if interested, better to hijack someone else's thread to "show them off"?
Not sure why people on the forum tend to do that....a lot of folks won't create threads to show off their coins so others can enjoy them, but they WILL hijack threads that others make and start posting their own coins....
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
As for the different finishes....very noticeable when looking at a set in a dansco or something.
I noted this is a thread a handful of years ago.
Sadly, since they are SAEs, and many consider them just bullion, not that many people care.
Personally, I like the finish on the early years as well as the satiny finish circa 2005
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Bochiman,
The fact that alot of people say its just boullion (as I thought years ago), seems to be a great advantage to those wanting to do the set. Less demand for what you'd be putting together. And people really didn't care for Morgans during circulation back then while the few that did put sets together, made it attainable at the time. Jump forward to the 1960s and 70s and alot of morgans were basically thought of as boullion coins. I mean, right now you can get common dates SAEs in pcgs ms69 about $10 more than buying a run of the mill sae for boullion. I do think there will be alot of future value in the set above boullion prices. Which, silver is still way off kilter compared to gold.