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Star Privy Silver Eagles Entice Young Collectors

Published October 22, 2024 | 3 min read

By Louis Golino

The United States Mint and a video game studio are collaborating to issue the second-ever silver American Eagle with a privy mark to help nurture a new generation of coin collectors.

The first privy eagles were the 2020-W proof V75 privy mark coins issued to mark the 75th anniversary of World War II. Those coins have a mintage of 75,000, one of the lowest of the series.

The new 2024 silver American Eagle bullion coin features a limited mintage of 500,000 coins and a privy mark with a five-pointed star in the right obverse field. Some collector coins in this series have lower mintages, but it’s a very low number for a bullion release.

Nice Gang is the video game company behind these coins. The mobile gaming studio was founded by a group of veterans in collectibles, entertainment, and gaming that includes Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) founder Mark Salzberg.

Latest Collaboration

The privy mark coins follow the mint’s recent initiative with DC Comics to issue superhero-themed coins and medals starting next year. Both efforts were designed in large part to help attract a new generation of collectors.

According to Nice Gang, its first immersive mobile game, Eighth Era, is free to play and aimed at younger players. It will reward them with physical collectibles, including colored medals in NGC holders.

Nice Gang will also include limited-mintage silver bullion coins with unique privy marks, including silver American Eagles with a star privy mark. There are reportedly also plans for another privy mark silver Eagle with an eagle privy.

The five-star privy mark indicates that these coins were produced at the Philadelphia Mint. Nice Gang has partnered with the U.S. Mint to inspire young collectors to get involved. Hobbyists who play the firm’s *Eighth Era* game will be rewarded with collectibles. *(Photos: Numismatic Guaranty Company)*

Details on the New Silver Eagles

Of the total mintage, 50,000 of the new privy mark silver Eagles will be available to players of the Eighth Era video game.

The mint released the coins earlier this month. The coining facility’s authorized bullion sellers are distributing the pieces (apart from those that players of the game win).

The mint has not provided any details on the new coins. The available details were provided by Bullion Exchanges (a New York bullion company) and CollectPure (an online numismatic marketplace).

The Philadelphia Mint will strike the pieces. Monster boxes of 500 coins will have white straps around them rather than yellow ones. The latter is used for coins struck at the West Point Mint, where most bullion pieces are made.

CollectPure says the five-pointed star privy mark indicates that the coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint.

Several bullion dealers are pre-selling examples of the NGC-graded 2024-P silver American Eagle star privy mark coins on eBay and their own websites.

At the time of writing, coins graded MS-69 or slabbed Gem BU were being sold for about $70. MS-70 pieces were selling briskly for $100 on October 9 and more the next day. These coins were also labeled as being one of the first 50,000 coins that were issued.