1986 American Silver Eagles (1986-Present)

Intriguing History

In 1986, Reagan-era America pushed through a sharp recession into a long economic expansion while ratcheting up Cold War pressure on the Soviet Union, a standoff that eased dramatically with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 as the decade closed. This American Silver Eagle, struck from the government's silver stockpile since the bullion program launched in 1986, dates from exactly this period.