This 2000 silver bullion "American Eagle" coin is genuine US Mint coinage.This .999 fine silver coin is based on Adolph A. Weinman's 1916 "Walking Liberty" half dollar, one of the most elegant American coins ever minted. The reverse design, a powerful "Heraldic Eagle"
was created 70 years later by John Mercanti. Using an advanced colorization process this coin has been meticulously colorized to gleaming brilliant uncirculated coin of the finest detail bearing the historic date "2000", the first year of the new Millennium.