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American Silver Eagle
American Silver Eagle of 99.9% pure silver, which is guaranteed by the U.S. Mint. 2006 Silver Eagles, like all previous years, feature Adolph Weinman’s famous Walking Liberty Design used on the 1916-47 Half Dollar.
American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins are affordable beautiful collectibles, thoughtful gifts and memorable incentives or rewards. Above all, as legal tender, they’re the only silver bullion coins whose weight and purity are guaranteed by the United States Government. They’re also the only silver coins allowed in an IRA.
Silver has historically been the most affordable metal. Since 1986, the United States has minted one-dollar silver coins called “Silver Eagles.” Each contains a minimum of one troy ounce of 99.9% pure silver.
Affordability. Credibility. Beauty. They’re the qualities that have made American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins the world’s best-selling silver coins, with more than 130 million sold since 1986.
When you invest in silver, choose the bullion American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins are minted to demand in West Point, New York.
Discovered after gold and copper around 4000 B.C., silver has long been used in jewelry and as a medium of exchange. Americans have always held a passion for silver, first minting it in 1792 into dollar coins.
When you buy into silver, choose the bullion coins that feature the very symbol of our nation’s freedom — the American Eagle. Choose American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins, the number one silver bullion coins in the
world, from the United States Mint. bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The official mint of the U.S. Government, it makes the nation’s circulating legal-tender coinage, and it is regarded worldwide for its meticulous craftsmanship. It also produces various commemorative and bullion coin issues.
A portfolio diversifier. A great gift or reward.
U.S. Mint Issues Silver Coin
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown colony, the first permanent British settlement in North America, the US Mint is issuing special silver and gold coins.The $1 silver coin is being sold for $35 in proof and $33 for uncirculated. The mintage of the 90 percent silver/10 percent copper 26.730 gram coin is 500,000.
The obverse of the silver coin, by Donna Weaver and Everhart, shows three faces representing the diverse cultures that lived at Jamestown — an Englishman, a Native American and an African. The reverse, by Susan Gamble and Charles Vickers, shows the three ships that carried English settlers to Virginia.
A $5 gold coin is also being issued. Surcharges from the sale of the coins will benefit the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
Congress authorizes up to two commemorative coin issues a year. The other 2007 release will mark
the 50th anniversary of the integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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