1990 US MINT AMERICAN SILVER EAGLE $1 DOLLAR UNC COIN

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1990 US MINT AMERICAN SILVER EAGLE $1 DOLLAR UNC COIN SKU #90 EAGLE UNC This is a genuine US Mint product in Brilliant uncirculated condition. The silver eagle is a one ounce bullion coin with a face value of one dollar. The obverse has Adolph A. Weinman's Walking Liberty design used on the half dollar coins from 1916-1947. His initials are on the hem of the gown. The reverse design is a rendition of a heraldic eagle by John Mercanti. Coin has a mintage of 5,840,210 Click an Image to Enlarge SILVER EAGLE HISTORY: Some time before 1986 the US Government decided that most of their strategic stockpiles of metal, including silver, were no longer needed. Rather than sell the millions of ounces stockpiled in bullion form, it was decided to mint and sell one ounce silver coins which would be a profitable and practical way to get rid of the stockpile. It was decided to mint coins with a nominal value of one dollar, which made them legal tender and exempt from the state sales tax that was charged in certain states. The coins would be a composition of 99.93% silver and .07 copper, weigh 31.101 grams of pure silver, which is almost exactly one troy ounce. The Silver Eagle has become the most popular bullion coin in the world because of its beauty, quality and the assurance of content by the U.S. Government. They are 1 troy ounce each, 99.9% read more