2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

Hi guys,

I was just browsing the silver eagles on ebay and saw lot's for sale that said they were early 2008 coins with errors and the reverse is 2007. These are selling for 400.00 and up. Can someone post pictures of the differences of the backs of the 2007 coin and 2008 coin? I bought 100 sealed mint tubes when they were first available through apmex and now I am wondering if I might have lucked into these coins. I'd sure like to know the difference between the 2007 coin and 2008 coin.

thanks

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

The easiest thing to look at is the letter "U" in United States of America on the back. On a 2008 it's meant to be a lower case: "u". If it is a capital "U" then you have the sought after expensive one. I'll give ya two for one... ;)

All other years are capitals I believe. No idea why they changed.

There are 2 other differences harder to spot. Fwiw.

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"Ordinary" reverse on 2008: (slightly new look)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...812/e1da_1.jpg

Holy cow I'm rich 2008: (looks like previous years)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../ae2008-7h.jpg

The two other differences are the stars and the hyphen between the words silver and one. Harder to spot...

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Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

Interesting to note that the error occurred with the Burnished W mint coin sold directly by the US Mint to collectors. As far as I know, it did not occur in the coins sold through its regular distribution channel such as rolls sold by companies like APMEX. I could be wrong, but if so, it would be the first time since 1978.

Az Ag

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

I had 8 of them and I dumped them all for $450 and $500
I'm not looking back.

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

Smart man.........500 will be the top those coins will fetch.....anybody who bought thinking they are gonna get more money later on down the road is a dam sucker and half.

T

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

I think the same on the price.
I did well on the 20th anniversary sets too...bought 10 @ $100 a piece and sold 9 mostly for $500. I cherry picked the best of the bunch to keep (1) set for prosperity.
Ya have to take some profits along the way!
I'm waiting to see how I did on selling all my platinum $50/$60 higher ago.
I'll be back in at $1600...maybe?

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

thanks guys, I will check em right now and let you know. I'm not getting my hopes up now since I didn't buy them direct from the mint but it's worth a shot.

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

AAARRRG No luck! I opened the end of my tubes and I had the 2008 coins. I looked at about 5 coins, all 2008 reverse. Oh well.

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

Prices continue to rise. In my opinoin this coin is (and has been since its release) a winner with great potential as it slowly appreciates over time. A sale on E-bay yesterday of more than $800 for a graded NGC 70 regular brown label. Now that's not bad!

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

anyone sending in rolls of eagles for the pcgs tubes?

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

People really will not pay the premium unless they are first strike. Sold mine on ebay the second they came in. They crack so easily

Re: 2008 silver eagle with a reverse of 2007 coin
 

ebay doesnt seem to have many sellers of them so i figured maybe they'd be good to sell.
seems like they are on ebay for about $460 per roll.
i wonder how much it costs per roll to seal.

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Unless you have an unopened box with proof of sale, you will not be able to get the "first strike" designation on the pcgs container. People only pay higher for that bit of ink on the side... :)