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As the American Silver Eagle soared out of the doldrums of the mid-1990s, the 2000 American Silver Eagle arrived with mintage figures that were up for both the bullion and proof versions of the coin for the third consecutive year.
Coin Highlights: MINTAGE OF 2000 AMERICAN SILVER EAGLE COINS TOTALED 9,839,132! 15 TH ANNUAL STRIKING OF AN AMERICAN SILVER EAGLE COIN! Ships in a protective plastic flip, sealed tubes of 20 from the mint, or Monster Boxes of 500 coins. Contains 1 oz of.999 pure silver. Face value of $1 (USD) is fully backed by the US government. Walking Liberty featured on the obverse. The heraldic eagle of the United States on the reverse. “P” mint mark from the Philadelphia Mint on proof specimens. Back in 1996, the American Silver Eagle coin program hit an all-time low in production, with a total of just 4.1 million coins produced. The result was largely impacted by the overall health of the American economy at the time. Fast forward a few years though, and Y2K fears were dragging down the American economy with the approach of 2000. There was also the Dotcom bubble burst to come on the horizon. These fears pushed precious metal prices higher, and with it, interest in American Silver Eagle coins. The American Silver Eagle had been on an upward trend starting in 1997. The 2000 American Silver Eagle had an overall mintage that was more than double that of 1996. In fact, production was up by 2 million coins in total from just the previous year (1999). There were 9.2 million 2000 American Silver Eagle bullion coins produced, representing a jump of 1.8 million from 1999. Additionally, the proof version of the coin saw a jump of 50,000 coins from the previous year.
On the obverse, as usual, is the image of Walking Liberty from Adolph A. Weinman. The reverse features the heraldic eagle of the United States from John Mercanti. The 2000 American Silver Eagle, both bullion and proof, was the last struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Proof coins had been at the Philadelphia Mint since 1993, while the bullion was there for just two years in 1999 and 2000.
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