why is the 1996 american silver eagle 70 bucks when all the other ones are a lot cheaper?is it because of low mintage?thanks Steve
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is how it goes... UNCIRCULATED PROOF 1986 5,393,005 (S) 1,446,778 1987 11,442,335 (S) 904,732 1988 5,004,646 (S) 557,370 1989 5,203,327 (S) 617,694 1990 5,840,210 (S) 695,510 1991 7,191,066 (S) 511,925 1992 5,540,068 (S) 498,654 1993 6,763,762 (P) 403,625 1994 4,227,319 (P) 372,168 1995 4,672,051 (P) 395,400 1995 (W) 30,125 1996 3,603,386 (P) 498,293 1997 4,295,004 (P) 435,350 1998 4,847,549 (P) 450,728 1999 7,408,640 (P) 549,330 2000 9,239,132 (P) 600,743 2001 9,001,711 (W) 746,398 2002 10,539,026 (W) 647,342 2003 8,495,008 (W) 747,831 2004 8,882,754 (W) 801,602 2005 8,891,025 (W) 701,606 2006 ? 2006 (W Unc.) 470,000 -Sets included- So yes, there were a few less made that year, according to the numbers I found
Well according to what I read - it had a mintage of about 3.6 million which is a small mintage compared to others. So I would say yes - same with the 95 proof(not 95W which had a mintage about 30k).
The 1996 is the lowest minted at a little over 3 and 1/2 million. The next highest is the 1994 at 4 million 2 hundred thousand. This is selling for around $20.00. I think a better deal is on the proofs from the early 90's. These were around 1/2 million minted and the prices are less than $40.00.
