1996 American Silver Eagle. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes…. The nadir of American Silver Eagle bullion sales was reached in 1996, when the United States Mint reported sales of just 3,603,386 coins. Year-to-year, sales had been about half of the program’s 1987 peak, when 11,446,778 coins […]





