Or is Sunday for rain? Or possibly sleeping? Or possibly something else? Well today, Sunday, it’s raining here in southern New Jersey, Molly is fast asleep in bed, and I am looking at a Silver Eagle I purchased at the beginning of the week, which arrived in yesterday’s mail.
Product Details
Silver Eagles have long been recognized as among the world's most popular bullion coins, and are the only 1 oz Silver bullion coin produced by the U.S. Mint. 2021 marks the end of an era as the last issue to feature the classic design used since 1986.
Coin Highlights:
Each coin contains 1 oz of .999 fine Silver.
Final year of the classic design!
Packaged in RF-welded plastic polymer case (2 1/2" x 3 1/4"), protecting the coin's finish, with included authentication card.
To remain FirstStrike® eligible, coins must be unopened in the original packaging.
Multiples of 10 are housed in a 10-Count APMEX MintDirect® Singles storage box (5” x 2 5/8” x 3 1/2”).
Multiples of 20 are housed in a 20-Count APMEX MintDirect® Singles storage box (10” x 2 5/8” x 3 1/2”).
APMEX® storage boxes hold MintDirect® or MintDirect® Premier TEP Singles and are stackable with other APMEX Mini Monster Boxes and the APMEX Monster Box.
Each authentication card features the MintDirect® Premier designation, ensuring it comes directly from the U.S. Mint to you.
Obverse: Adolph A. Weinman’s design showing Lady Liberty draped in an American flag, walking gracefully as the sun rises over a ridge.
Reverse: A heraldic eagle is shown below 13 small stars, representing the original colonies.
This will be the final issue to feature the classic Mercanti reverse used since 1986, with the series' first design change expected to be introduced mid-year.
Guaranteed by the U.S. Mint.
SOURCE - The above quoted material was found on the Apmex Website Click this link for more information.
On occasion.. I place bids on various coins through a well-known auction site. To my surprise I won an auction that ended earlier in the week. I was able to win the auction a dollar over spot price and with FREE SHIPPING!! Incredible! It’s like Christmas, or your birthday, or something special when you least expect it. I guess in my favor it did help that the auction ended at an odd hour and I placed my highest bid just a few dollars over spot price. - LUCKY ME!
Is in a bit of a health rut again. Poor Miss Molly has been troubled lately. She had two episodes, seizure like episodes, in the past two days and her poor little body keep shaking. After this episode she sleeps quite heavily and is a little disoriented. We are working with the vet, trying to figure the whole thing out. Until we get it figured out we have to wait and record various symptoms and frequency. My wife was able to catch the whole thing on video today, for the vet. I won't share it because it truly is heartbreaking to watch.
So today, this rainy Sunday.. Molly takes refuge in a comfy spot in the comforter, pillows and blankets strewed across the bed. She’s been here all morning and I hate to move her or make her want to move, so we let her stay there and check on her every so often. She was lucky that it was Sunday and nobody wanted to get up, so mommy laid in bed with her. She is a very happy 13 year old puppy.
While mommy was off doing other things.. I checked on Molly to make sure she was OK. I found her in bed and wanted to show her my new purchase. She wasn’t as excited as I was yesterday. I don’t know why. Who doesn’t get excited when new silver arrives!? I’m sorry to say, Molly could care less. As you can see she’d rather look away from the coin then inspect it like her dad.
Oh wait one second! I think she’s showing some interest.
Yes!!! She has caught the bug I believe.. She has silver fever! Well OK maybe not. Maybe she’s just wants to make sure this thing sitting next to her is not going to hurt her or harm her in anyway. Either way I Try and encourage the sniffles and curiosity.
Molly is such a good little girl.. We can’t imagine our life without her. She may not show the same curiosity as pepper, but she does put up with some of my antics and shenanigans. I’ll take whatever humor and Smile‘s she is able to give me.
Now that I’m sitting here petting her telling her she’s a good girl, after sniffing the silver eagle, I realize that her head is not much bigger than the coin and packaging. My gosh. Such a small noggin for a little pup!
Maybe for now, the coin is better resting in my hands.. Then next to Molly. I don’t wanna give her any more trauma or anything else to be nervous about today. So I’ll just be content with examining the new purchase myself and adding it to my collection.
“I went to bed and woke in the middle of the night thinking I heard someone cry, thinking I myself was weeping, and I felt my face and it was dry. Then I looked at the window and thought: Why, yes, it's just the rain, the rain, always the rain, and turned over, sadder still, and fumbled about for my dripping sleep and tried to slip it back on.”
― Ray Bradbury, Green Shadows, White Whale: A Novel of Ray Bradbury's Adventures Making Moby Dick with John Huston in Ireland
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