What's the story on the burnished blanks used by the West Point mint in producing the 2006W unc American Silver Eagles last year & are they going to continue? How many were made?
Looks like the 2006w silver eagle had a mintage of 470k . Last I read, the 2007w will also be on the same burnished blank. Should be released sometimes durning the first part of June, I hope.
the 'burnished' eagle had no wheres NEAR the mintage of 470,000 that i know of... from what i had seen, onyl about 200,000 burnished eagles were minted. And yes, the uncirculated collectors only burnished eagle available from the mint is forcasted to continue for some time ... any end in sight for that coin is only known by the mint .. and maybe ND86
250k in the 3 pc. in the silver Anniversary set 20k in the gold and silver anniversary set 200k as a single , separate issue. There are some dealers out there saying that there were only 200k minted because it will be listed in the red book separate but to me if it says 2006 on a burnished blank with a W stamped on it, it is the same coin. What I will be curious about is the 2007w when it comes out. If some of the projections I have read about the mintages are true 1.5 million or so, then the 2006w will not be super low mintage as compared to the 1996 bullion silver eagle. It will be always be a low mintage and probably will be the key coin in this series but no longer 7x the rarity as many dealers have promoted it. Of course I could be comparing apples and oranges since these are two different issues. Again it is just how you look at it.
What is the correct description, burnished blanks (planchets) or burnished die? The terms are not interchangeable.
I thought the 2006 UNCs in the Anniv. set (Without the W mint mark) were produced in Philly. And later in the year the Mint produced the Burnished "W" mint mark for the UNC buyers. I got one. What IS the Story?
