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The United States Mint held an auction to sell the last five hundred coins of the old design eagles, T-1 and the first five hundred coins of the new design, T-2. NGC graded the coins numbered from 1 thru 250 and PGCS graded the coins numbered 251 thru 500. These coins are numbered sequentially in the order that they were produced. It is the first time the mint has held an auction for the changing of coin design.
The US Mint along with Stacks Bowers Auctions held an auction through the website for Stacks Bowers on September 1, 2021. The last silver eagle in the old design, T-1, sold for $85,000.00 and the first eagle struck with the new design, T-2, sold for $80,000.00. The total sales price for the silver and gold coins was $4,616,700.00. It was a massive success. I was lucky enough to purchase several of these.
The mint has the following on it's site.
The obverse (heads) of the silver coin features a refreshed depiction of Adolph A. Weinman’s full-length figure of Liberty in full stride, enveloped in folds of the flag, with her right hand extended and branches of laurel and oak in her left. For the 2021 coin, the United States Mint returned to its original historical assets to render a closer reflection of Weinman’s original vision, including the addition of his traditional artist mark.
This coin is the 67 of the 500 coins in the new design. T-2