Happy Wednesday everyone! Hump day has finally arrived! It's turning out to be a rather nice day here, and should be a nice sunny afternoon. Speaking of sunshine it's the silver round of the day. A 1981 Sunshine Mining round with the beautiful bald eagle. One of my favorite silver rounds for sure.
About the round:
These were such beautiful rounds that they produced over the years. I love to pick them up when I find a good deal. The bald eagle design is so detailed, and the sun behind it is beautiful! It's really too bad they are no longer produced! These are great silver rounds for stackers and collectors alike.
I've always loved seeing bald eagles, such iconic north American predators and very graceful in flight! It's hard to believe not that long ago they were endangered species from DDT use but have bounced back nicely. 
A bald eagle in flight
The Sunshine Mine was located in northern Idaho and was one of the biggest silver producing mines in the world. It opened in 1890 and was in operation intermittently until 2001 when weak silver prices forced them to shut down. In the 1970's it was part of the Hunt brothers plan of cornering the silver market, this caused silver prices to jump to over $50 and ounce in 1980. It also saw it's share of tragedy when 91 men died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the mine when a gas leak occurred. Mining is an inherently dangerous job for the miners and they sure have a very tough job...
And if you wondered what happened to the Hunt brothers, the US government Commodities Future Trading Commission changed their margins rules. The result was the Hunt's being over leveraged and margin calls forced them into bankruptcy. Not a pretty end to their ten year scheme to corner the silver markets.
If you ever have the chance to pick up one of these beautiful rounds at a good price take advantage. They are becoming harder and harder to find especially in good condition. A beautiful ounce of silver!
I hope you enjoyed my post today, I appreciate you stopping by to have a peak. If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments please feel free to leave them below. Have a great day and keep of stacking!
P.S. And since I am posting in the #freecompliments community I just wanted to remind everyone to take some time today to be kind. A little kindness can make a huge difference in someone's life. Please check out the community and consider joining us!
And my disclaimer:
Gold and silver collecting and stacking can be a fun hobby but isn't for everyone. You can lose money. I'm not a financial advisor and this isn't financial advice, please always do your own research before spending your hard earned money.
All pictures are mine unless otherwise noted.
References:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia21645.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Mine
Re-blog lottery
Now for the winner of the re-blog lottery! Today we had 40 people who re-blogged my post, thank you so much! The people who re-blogged were:
Voluntary daily reminder list for those who request to be on it: 
If you want to be added to the list as well just feel free to ask!
Thank you everyone! I have been working to improve my engagement and all of you have really helped out! If you have any recommendations or suggestions please feel free to let me know. I'm always looking to improve my posts.
Good luck to everyone!
And the Wheel of Names results:
Winner #1:
Winner #2:
Congratulations 
Congratulations 
Now for today's re-blog lottery! You just need to re-blog my post you will be placed on the Wheel of Names for a spin to possibly win up to 5 HSBI units! New twist, one winner on the first spin wins 3 HSBI, and a second spin for a chance for 2 HSBI, so two possible winners or one really lucky one could win both spins! An upvote is not required but is always greatly appreciated. Bots aren't allowed to win the prizes. Contest ends at 14:00 (2 PM) California Pacific time tomorrow. If I somehow missed your re-blog please let me know and I'll add you to the next draw.
What are HSBI units? They are units that you can purchase to sponsor someone and you in turn receive a unit as well. This way we both benefit! They give you occasional upvotes on your posts for a lifetime, and the more you accumulate the more often you receive upvotes and the bigger they can be. You can read some more here:
If you have more questions feel free to ask.
