Coin or bullion question.

Silver Eagles

On the US Mint web site they are called "Silver Bullion" in one place and "Silver Dollars" in another.

This weekend I was telling a man about silver eagle bullion coins and the owner of the shop -a well known dealer - told me to call SE coins "silver dollars!" Well I certainly will if I'm in his coin shop but IMO, SE are not "silver dollars." What do you think?

 

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No more a dollar than an American Gold Eagle is $50.

 

They are silver bullion in the form of silver dollars. Simple as

 

They are bullion that are also coins on a technicality. Calling them a silver dollar isn't incorrect, but it also doesn't feel right to me.

 

I think they should be called "Silver Bullion Dollars."

 

Try spending one at a store.

 

Bullion

 

The clerks would probably accept it.

 

Not in my area. They only accept what they recognize.

 

Or better yet, a 5 oz. ATB quarter!

 

I voted "Who cares" but that does not adequately convey my dis-interest. It's a toss-up between this and the Dan Carr imbroglio.

 

Mr. Nut,
In my area as well. I once gave a sales clerk a Kennedy half and she had to call the manager over to verify that it was legitimate U.S. coinage.
J. T.

 

They are bullion coins, it's that simple!

 

They are mildly attractive lumps of silver bullion. The Obv/Rev design
should be changed every two years. I'm tired of seeing the "Walker"
design. Pull out and scan thru the Pollock pattern book. You will see
dozens of truly beautiful designs. Many bullion issuing countries change
the Obv./ Rev. design every year. Please retire the current ASE and
AGE designs. Enough is enough.

 

Remember the dude who was trying to pay at McDonalds with a $50 Gold Eagle and they wouldn't accept it?

 

They’re both. The bullion versions are obviously bullion and the numismatic versions are coins. It’s silly to call things that sell for essentially a minimum of 2x spot bullion especially with the special issues like the reverse proofs that sell for way more than that

 

I gave a panhandler two half-dollars in a store when she asked for a dollar to buy a soda. She walked off, turned around, came back and asked "are these dollar coins?"

 

Hey, how about having the position of Lady Liberty change slightly every year so that a montage of coins would be like a kinetoscope.

 

Any coins made of “fine silver” are bullion, no matter what collectors would pay for them. I guess the dealer said “silver dollar” simply because it sounds better (read: can be sold more easily).