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As America's official platinum bullion coin, American Eagle
Platinum Bullion Coins give investors an easy way to take
advantage of platinum as a precious metal investment. American Eagle Platinum Bullion Coins give American
investors an alternative to foreign bullion coins and are part
of a complete precious metals portfolio available from the
United States Mint. Authorized by Congress in 1996 and first issued in 1997,
they are the first and only official investment-grade platinum
coins from the United States Mint. The
coins weight, content and .9995 purity are guaranteed by
the United States Government.
All American Eagles are legal tender coins, with their face
value imprinted in U.S. dollars. Although their face value is
largely symbolic, it provides proof of their authenticity as
official U.S. coinage. The one-ounce platinum coin displays
the highest face value ($100) ever to appear on a U.S. coin.
The American Eagle Platinum
Coin's obverse design by U.S. Mint sculptor/engraver John
Merchati features a portrait of Lady Liberty - Liberty looks
to the future in this modern interpretation of an American
icon, the Statue of Liberty. The initial reverse design,
prepared by U.S. Mint sculptor/engraver Thomas D. Rogers, Sr.,
featured America's national symbol of freedom spreading its
wings high above our great nation at sunrise in "Eagle
Soaring Above America". A series of annually changing
reverses was implemented in 1998 and is scheduled to continue
through 2002.
The Vistas of Liberty™
series was introduced in 1998 and continues through 2002. It
is a five-year series of annually changing reverses featuring
our national symbol, the bald eagle, in flight above settings
representative of various regions of the United States.
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