U.S. Mint’s 2018 American Eagle One-Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin to be released May 24 at noon

On May 24, 2018, at 12 noon (ET), the Mint’s 2018 American Eagle One- Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin (18EG) will go on sale for $46.95. The coin is the Mint’s final product release for the month of May and possesses no mintage, product, or household order limits. Each coin bears the “W” mint mark of the West Point Mint and contains one troy ounce of .999 fine silver. The denomination of the coin is one dollar and each one has a reeded edge. The coin is also available for product enrollment.

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The reverse features Adolph A. Weinman’s full-length depiction of Lady Liberty with her right hand outstretched and her left holding branches of oak and laurel. The word LIBERTY can be seen above and behind the depiction of Liberty. The year 2018 is placed below Liberty and IN GOD WE TRUST is to the right of Liberty.

The obverse features the heraldic eagle design in which the eagle holds arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right. The inscription reads UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the composition reads 1 OZ. FINE SILVER, and the denomination reads ONE DOLLAR.


Each coin comes with a blue presentation box and a certificate of authenticity. For more information about the 2018 American Eagle One-Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, please visit the website of the United States Mint.

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Comments

  1. cagcrisp says

    The Numer #1 Mint product over the past several years has been the Proof ASE

    For years Final Mintage exceeded 750,000

    Here are Current Mintages of Still available Proof ASEs:

    16EA 2016 AM EAGLE SILVER PROOF 1 OZ 588,346 + 132
    17EA 2017 AM EAGLE SILVER PROOF 1 OZ 379,407 +201
    18EA 2018 AM EAGLE SILVER PROOF 1 OZ 268,006 + 475

    Now…2017 and 2018 both had additional “S” offerings so Total mintages are better than shown, however, the Overall decreased in Proof ASE sales is obvious…

  2. Daveinswfl says

    Wow! $30 for a little W mint mark.

    Same item in bullion $20 – and you might even get a proof like!

    I know what I’m buying

  3. John Q. Coinage says

    2o17 & 18 still about, & the markup is hard to justify especially w/silver locked well under $20 for ages. As Cag shows, there is a trend & it is not he ASE ‘investors’ friend, a downward craWL…… 2018 ASE Proof only sells <500 a week, maybe a low mint wonder….stock up boys…& GIRLS……

  4. Erik H says

    The writing is on the wall for ASEs. It’s going to take a quick run up in silver prices to get people interested again.

  5. Larry says

    The only ASE’s I ever bought were the anniversary sets. If they come out with another one of some kind maybe I will buy it, but otherwise I see no need to buy these. What the mint could do it add it to the annual silver proof set. I think I would buy that as I buy one every year. Probably would end the limited edition silver proof set, but that would be ok with me.

  6. Dustyroads says

    I forget the name of the guy that used to comment here often who referred to many of the USM releases as “trinkets”. At the time I , as I’m sure many of you did, excuse his opinion as mere complaining, but in reality he may have been right. It may be that today’s buyers, at least in the west may be tired of what could be referred to as trinkets, although I’m not so sure the USM is entirely to blame. I tend to find credence in the idea that society is going through changes and what used to be interesting in the 40 years spanning from 1963 to 2003 is not any longer. That’s why I’ve said here before that coin collecting as we know it is not being forgotten, but simply subject to waves of interest. I like the 40 year idea, so if society is in the throngs of a 40 year trend beginning in 2003, then we won’t be seeing a change until 2043, or beginning to see signs of a shift until around 2038. To possibly provide an example of this 40 year cyclical trend, think about all of the changes taking place in roughly 1958, just five years before what I’m suggesting is the beginning of a shift. I’m suggesting that overall society was growing tired of the former attitudes which would have spanned from the 40 years beginning in 1923. These attitudes that I’m suggesting were present were centered toward a sense of either we or me. 1923 to 1963 would have been a WE oriented attitude, while 1963 through 2003 would have been a ME. A “WE” would tend to draw people to the sense that we can solve the communities problems as a unit, or by massing forces, while a “ME” tends to focus on self, or individualist needs.
    I don’t claim that any of this holds water, but I do claim to see remnants of these attitudes in society and am simply questioning if this could be affecting USM sales. If so, I think we can also say that there are other forces such as age, price, and the last 10 year precious metal roller coaster ride which would without question come together to form a perfect storm.

  7. Jerry Diekmann says

    Dustyroads – you may be right about cycles in coinage, but I would just offer that beginning in the late 1960s, when silver was removed from circulating coinages, really marks a monumental change in our nation’s copinage, at least for coin collectors. Since that time we have seen the rebirth of commemorative coins, now sharing the same problems and maybe the same future as what happened after all the debacles in the 1930s, and the return of silver proof sets beginning in 1992, but with very high premiums, which have only gotten worse. I have collected coins for over 50 years, but am now tiring of the hobby as I now see it, with the collusion I see between the Mint and the big dealers, and between the big dealers and the TPGs, plus the unconscionable premiums the Mint charges. I think a lot of older collectors are ending their association with the Mint, and I don’t see very many younger people embracing the hobby. The result will be smaller and smaller mintages and higher and higher premiums, and I agree with cagcrisp that we are seeing a decline in this hobby that will continue until there are no more, or just very few, actual coin collectors, and what will be left is just investors and speculators dealing in rare coins, which will not include any modern rarities, because, no matter how small the mintages may be, these modern coins will never really be rare.

  8. Dustyroads says

    Jerry Diekmann, No one can say with any certainty what lies ahead, but I can say there absolutely will be interest where money is involved. And no worries about our going cashless. If it’s any consolation, as long as you are living on this earth PM’s will continue to be a hedge. So even though you may be growing tired of the hobby, you can still focus on achieving your goal by buying at the lowest possible cost. That’s a win win in my book.

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