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American Silver Eagle
About American Silver Eagle Coin
Obverse American Silver Eagle
Design : Walking Liberty
Designer : Adolph A. Weinman
Design date : 1916
Reverse American Silver Eagle
Design : Heraldic eagle with shield and thirteen five-pointed stars
Designer : John Mercanti
Design date : 1986
Coin Weights
NA
Specification
Value : 1.00 U.S. dollar (face value)
Mass : 31.103 g (1.00 troy oz)
Diameter : 40.6 mm (1.598 in)
Thickness : 2.98 mm (0.1173 in)
Edge : Reeded
Composition : 99.9% Ag
(balance Cu)
Years of minting : 1986–present (bullion) 1986–2008,
2010–present (proof) 2006–2008,
2011–present (uncirculated)
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FAQs
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The design on the coin’s obverse was taken from the “Walking Liberty” design by Adolph A. Weinman, which originally had been used on the Walking Liberty Half Dollar coin of the United States from 1916 to 1947. As this iconic design had been a public favorite—and one of the most beloved designs of any United States coinage of modern times, silver or otherwise—it was revived for the Silver Eagle decades later. The obverse is inscribed with the year of minting or issuance, the word LIBERTY, and the phrase IN GOD WE TRUST.
The reverse was designed by John Mercanti and portrays a heraldic eagle behind a shield; the eagle grasps an olive branch in its right talon and arrows in its left talon, echoing the Great Seal of the United States; above the eagle are thirteen five-pointed stars representing the Thirteen Colonies.[2] The reverse is inscribed with the phrases UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1 OZ. FINE SILVER~ONE DOLLAR, and E PLURIBUS UNUM (on the banner that the eagle holds in its beak), as well as the mintmark if applicable.
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