The United States mint released the first American Silver Eagles in 1986, and the world of coin collecting changed forever. Since then it has become the most popular silver coin series in the entire world. This coin is an “Early Release” 2012 American Silver Eagle 1oz NGC MS70 & the size, weight and purity of the Silver Eagle are guaranteed by the U. The design for the obverse of this iconic coin is based on Adolph A. Weinman’s stunning image of a flag draped’Walking Liberty’. The coin’s reverse features a heraldic eagle behind a shield grasping an olive branch in one talon and a bundle of arrows in the other. In the eagle’s beak is a banner with the inscription’E Pluribus Unum,’ and above it are thirteen stars representing the original thirteen states. Mint: United States Mint. Metal Content: 99.9% Silver. This coin has been graded as the best possible grade “MS70 Mint State” by the American Grading Service, NGC. (All images shown are library images).