2009-W American Silver Eagles?

Yeah, they can never make up their minds on what they are doing but it's good to see some potential in these.

 

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Thanks for pointing that out. If you don't click on the "2009 ASE..." you would miss the description as a 2009 W ASE. I missed it the first time I went looking for the 2009 W.

Bruce

 

Just bumping this to see whether anyone has any updated information on the Proof & Burnished Unc 2009 Silver Eagles. I've had my ASE subscriptions going for years, so I guess I won't miss it if it happens, just getting anxious as to whether they're ever coming. The longer it takes, the more rare they should be, which is a plus, at least for those who get 'em.

The newest information I've found (June 16th, 2009) is this (most relevant portion of article pasted below):

http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/gold-and-silver-eagle-bullion.html

The end of the allocation program should be welcome news for coin collectors. Because of the high demand for gold and silver bullion coins, the US Mint had suspended production of the collector versions of the coins. By law, the US Mint is required to provide bullion coins "in quantities sufficient to meet public demand." Because they were unable to meet full demand, they had been diverting their entire supply of blanks to the production of bullion coins in lieu of producing any collector coins.

At the time of this post, there still has not been any indication of when production of collector coins will begin, and when the coins will eventually go on sale for collectors. However, recent developments suggest that a window of opportunity has opened for the US Mint to produce the collector coins. The end of the allocation program can be interpreted to mean that the US Mint is reasonably confident that their supply of incoming precious metals blanks is sufficient to satisfy full bullion coin demand with a reasonable cushion. Presumably, some of these extra blanks can now be used to produce collector coins