2001 Silver Eagle Proof - 1st W Mint

This Silver Eagle has it all and it starts with the silver dollar tri-fecta. It is our largest, purest, and heaviest silver dollar. But this proof 2001 dated coin is so much more ... and certainly shouldn't be overlooked. The 2001 West Point Proof Silver Eagle was one of the BEST KEPT secrets of the new millennium within the U.S. Mint's vaunted Silver Eagle program. It is significant because it is both the first regular issue proof silver eagle struck by the West Point Mint and the second rarest regular issue West Point Proof Silver Eagle ever produced!

While at the Nevada Coin Show we came across a small handful of these coins still in their original government packaging more than two decades later!

While regular issue silver eagles do not bear a mint mark, the U.S. Mint went out of its way to document that this coin was actually struck at the West Point Mint. It was the first time the West Point Mint ever declared a Mint Mark on a silver eagle. The West Point Mint started minting silver eagles for the first time in the year 2000, but only produced uncirculated quality coins and did not begin production of proof silver eagles until the following year.

The proof silver eagle from 2000 was minted at the Philadelphia Mint, making the 2001 West Point Proof Silver Eagle the first of its kind! All subsequent uncirculated Silver Eagles minted post-2001 were minted solely at the West Point Mint, with special supplemental mintages being produced by the San Francisco Mint periodically.

The American Silver Eagle is the #1 silver dollar in the world for over 36 years and counting. The dominance of the United States Silver Eagle Program has reached a peak on the worldwide market thanks to their exponential growth over the past five years; the "proof" of this dominance can be found by looking at their mintage figures. In 2010 they minted over 35 million, then in 2015 they minted over 45 million, and just last year we saw the United States Mint produce another 30+ Million Silver Eagles! To put it lightly, there is no coin more sought after than the United States Silver Eagle!

When it comes to Silver Eagles, rarity will always remain king...and the 2001 West Point Proof Silver Eagle is one of the rarest known with a mintage of only 746,398!