For most people, the half-dollar design in those years was considered to be the most beautiful American coin in history ... The 1987 silver eagle dollar was produced in the Philadelphia Mint.

They have value for the metal itself, but American silver and gold Eagle coins are also important for their numismatic value.

A US court has ordered two precious metals companies to pay almost $146m (£115m) after more than 500,000 American Silver Eagle coins went missing. The firms and their owner Robert Higgins have ...