For Sale 2011 (S) Roll of 20 American Silver Eagles minted at San Francisco. The Silver Eagles the Mint tried to keep a Secret. San Francisco’s (S) Mint Silver Eagles. Before we a can tear off into why these coins exist, a little coin history is in order. The Mint started production of the American Silver Eagles back in 1986 and collectors immediately loved them! Over the years, there have been special editions but the Silver Eagles are typically produced in three strikes: bullion, uncirculated, and proof. The proof strikes of the Silver Eagles always carry a mintmark (W, P or S) the uncirculated (burnished) coins carry the W and the regular bullion coins do not have a mintmark at all. They are typically struck at the West Point Mint in New York. So how does this (S) mint coin exist? As the popularity of the Silver Eagles grew, so did the amount of coins being struck. West Point soon learned they could not keep up with the bullion coins and needed some help! By the year 2011, West Point started sending dies and blanks to San Francisco to help them keep up with demand. Collectors and dealers knew this would be an extremely collectible coin but if there are no mintmarks, how do you know where the coins were being struck? The answer was the packaging. During those years, San Francisco’s 500 coin “monster boxes” were security wrapped with “San Francisco” on the bands. If the band is removed, how then can you tell them apart? The Birth of the Parenthesis (S). Everyone soon figured out that if the bands were removed there was no way to tell where the coins were actually struck. Soon complete banded boxes of 500 coins were landing at ANACS doorstep. Since the coin did not have an actual mintmark, ANACS notated the coin was struck at San Francisco by putting a parenthesis around the S and a new collectible was born. ANACS was able to certify brand new (S) Mint coins from 2011 through 2014 until the Mint changed the packaging and stopped labeling the bands. The item “2011 (S) BU $1 American Silver Eagles. Minted at San Francisco Mint. Roll of 20″ is in sale since Sunday, December 13, 2020. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ US\Dollars\Mixed Lots”. The seller is “rethgifnus” and is located in Norwalk, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Certification: U.S. Mint/ San Francisco/ No S Mintmark
- Strike Type: Business
- Mint Location: Minted at San Francisco/ ANACS Certified
- Grade: BU….. ANACS Certifled
- Fineness: 0.999
- Coin: American Eagle/ 20 Coins
- Precious Metal Content per Unit: 20 oz
- Year: 2011
- Brand/Mint: U.S. Mint (S)
- Brand: U S Mint …. San Francisco
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Minted at San Francisco…No S Mintmark
- Composition: .999 Fine