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The auction listed all single coins until coins 51 thru 100 sold in sets of either silver or gold for the T-1 and T-2 and then listed four coins, 2 silver one T-1 and one T-2 and two gold T-1 and T-2. This coin is T-1 Silver from that set. This is coin 177 T-1. I was lucky enough to win the lot that held all four 177 coins.
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.
This coin is the 177 of the 500 coins in the new design. T-1