Michael Easterly

[Michael Easterly]

Are all uncirculated silver eagles with the W mint mark burnished? I have a couple coins in NGC holders that way Minted at West Point but not burnished.

[Morpheus1967]

If they have the W mint mark, they are burnished (unless, of course, it is a proof).  Obviously these are struck at West Point, so there is no need to say that on the slab label.  The slabs that say Struck at West Point are labeled like that because the grading company got sealed monster boxes of the eagles.  They can supposedly tell where (what mint) the monster box originated by the numbers on the straps sealing the monster box.  If the label says Struck at West Point, or Struck at San Francisco, or even Struck at Philadelphia, it will not have a mint mark.