The U.S. Mint sold a lot of bullion American Eagles this year. Just how many appears in the box that normally breaks it down by month. Almost 20 million silver Eagles were sold and almost 800,000 gold.
Michael J. Shutty Jr., PhD, author of “One Coin is Never Enough,” talked about the reasons we collect, the thrill of the hunt and the very different kinds of people who are drawn to this hobby we love.
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I’m responding on the Jan. 24 “Viewpoint” that Mike Davis wrote. I agree with most of what he said. I have noticed that ever since 1999 and the state quarter program started many people saw easy money. Before you knew it there were thousands of coin dealers and most of them didn’t know anything about coins.