Question by vanbadiwal: What is a one ounce proof silver bullion American Eagle worth? I have 1986 and 1987 coins.?

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Answer by greg b
Silver is at 20.10 an ounce

The Silver eagle market is around 22$ for a regular date - so thats the bear minimum.

All silver eagles are uncirculated so quality is prob not an issue for you, if they are still in their original case from the mint they are probably ms 67- to ms 69.

Both of your coins are around -40.

Hold onto them, silver will probably increase even more as the economy slumps.

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Question by alecap61: Does anyone know if the US Mint produced the 1999-00-01-02-03 US State quarters SILVER proof set.?
I am talking of the packaging with the gray eagle, not as a part of the full year set. I can find only the gray eagle packaging from 2004 and up. Thanks!

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Answer by jay marcus
Sorry NO, you are right. The US Mint did not produce a dedicated Silver set in those years, you would have to buy the silver 10 piece set. Invest in the latest Whitman 2010 U.S. coin red book.

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Originally posted 2010-12-13 05:30:22. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by Edward: what is the difference between Silver BU and Silver Proof? the technical specifications.?
I think BU stands for bullion? Silver Proof is more expensive than Silver BU. I think Proof (999) Silver is pure silver? Sterling Silver is 925 silver. Appreciate any inputs.

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Answer by carbonates
BU is an abbreviation for 'bright uncirculated'. It is applied most often to coins struck for circulation that do not have special methods of striking or special handling.

Proof is a special method of striking a coin that may involve several blows from a specially prepared planchet. Proof coins are generally not circulated and are sold only to collectors. See:

http://www.pcgs.com/lingo.chtml?Letter=P

Since Bright Uncirculated and Proof refer to the method of striking the coin by the mint, they have nothing to do with the silver content. A proof coin can have any amount of silver, or none at all.

You will have to refer to the specifications on the specific coin to know the difference in silver content between a BU coin and a Proof of the same coin. It is not unusual for a coin to have a higher silver content for a Proof version than a circulating BU, but it is not always true.

PCGS is a coin grading service that has a lot of information on the web page:

http://www.pcgs.com/coinguide/guide.chtml

NGS is another coin grading service:

http://www.ngccoin.com/

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Originally posted 2010-07-18 00:41:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by sgtnight2000: silver coin and proof set's collector?
i have been collecting silver coin's and silver bar's since 1989 when i was station in germany.10oz bar's and now i started collecting 8 morgan and 1 peace dollars and now i am collecting silver eagle dollar's 16 gem burnished and gem proof silver eagles(2004-2007) and i just started collecting pcgs ms-64 silver eagle 2010 coin. i have over 12 proof set and 3 1964 proof set. can some coin collector can tell me what type of coin should i collect. i spend about 0.00 and i have one more coin set i did not put down was my first prestige set 1984 i stop buying from ebay and i use coast to coast coin. www.coastcoin.com. please give me some input. thank you very much

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Answer by curtisports2
The only advice I can give you on what to collect is to buy what you like. After a while, like all of us, you'll figure out for yourself what you like more than something else, and you'll focus on that one (or a few) things at a time. The reason is that none of us can afford to buy all of it, so we have to narrow it down. But it's different for all of us, what we like, so I can't tell you what to collect.

I can tell you, though, that you probably overpaid for a 2010 silver eagle graded MS-64. If you paid more than , you paid too much. You can buy single coins on eBay, including postage, for about that. Yes, yours is graded by PCGS. Whoever had it graded wasted their money. MS 64 for a brand new coin is basically a problem coin when you consider that huge numbers of them are coming out MS 69, and even perfect MS 70 are nowhere near rare anymore with the last few years of bullion eagles.

That's the only other thing I'll recommend. If you're going to buy slabbed modern coins, don't buy anything below MS 69 or Proof 69 DCAM.

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Originally posted 2010-12-10 20:57:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter