Description
With 1 oz of pure U.S. Silver and a beautiful patriotic design, the Silver American Eagle has become the most popular bullion coin in the United States.
The 2008 American Silver Eagle is a bullion coin produced by the United States Mint.
The coin is composed of one troy ounce of 99.9% pure silver.
The obverse design of the coin features Adolph A. Weinman’s full-length figure of Liberty in full stride, enveloped in folds of the flag, with her right hand extended and branches of laurel and oak in her left.
The reverse design features a heraldic eagle with a shield, an olive branch in the right talon and arrows in the left. The eagle holds a ribbon in its beak with the inscription “E PLURIBUS UNUM” and a cluster of 13 stars above the eagle’s head representing the original 13 colonies.
The face value of the coin is one dollar, but the value of the silver it contains is typically much higher. The 2008 American Silver Eagle coin was minted in the same design as all other Silver Eagle coins from 1986 to present, and it is widely recognized and widely traded coin.
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