One American Silver Eagle One Dollar Coin minted 1986-Current is one ounce of silver.
The American Silver Eagles are usually owned coin collection enthusiasts around the world, though there is no documented record of the owners of these coins.
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The 2012 American Silver Eagles coins are one ounce of pure silver.
Silver Eagles are $16.85 and Gold Eagles are $1,096.50 as of today
They weigh one troy ounce.
Some banks do sell American Silver Eagles, but they do not hold and sell silver coins that are turned in.
July 2, 2009 The 1987 silver American Eagle Dollar was the second year the Silver Eagles were produced and there were 11,442,335 pieces struck at the US mint in Philadelphia making it one of the most common of the Silver Eagles. Most Silver Eagles will be in uncirculated condition and can be bought for about $20-$25. Also in 1987, there were 904,732 Proof Silver Eagles struck at the US mint in San Francisco. These special collector coins can be bought for about $35-$45.
Modern American Eagle coins have their purity displayed right on the back of each piece. It's one ounce of 999 fine silver. Don't confuse modern eagle coins with older circulating silver coins that incorporate many of the same design elements. For those you have to know what date and denomination of coin you have.
Flowing Hair, Draped Bust, and Gobrecht silver dollars contain .8924 oz. Pure silver. Trade dollars contain .7874 oz. pure silver Liberty Seated , Morgan and Peace dollars contain .77344 oz. pure silver. Eisenhower silver dollars contain .3161 oz pure silver . American Silver Eagles contain a full oz. pure silver
The Silver content is .925
American Silver Eagles were fist made in 1986, by the date (1943) you have a Liberty Walking Half dollar with a average value of $10.00
It depends by what you mean "best". If you are buying them simply for the silver content, just get whatever is cheapest. If you are going for design, Silver Eagles and silver maple leafs are some of the more popular ones.