American Platinum Eagle

The American Platinum Eagle is an official U.S. platinum coin in the currency of U.S. dollars. The coin is one of the bullion coins.

The first Platinum Eagles were issued in 1997 by the United States Mint. They are available in fine weights of 1/10, ¼, ½ and 1 troy ounce. The U.S. Mint guarantees that the coins contain the stated amount ( in ounces ) of " .9995 fine platinum ."

For coin collectors are specially coins in quality "proof " was published. The peculiarity of this Proof American Platinum Eagles is that they are the only bullion coins of the United States, which have a differently designed back annually.

Note: Except for the embossed weight and the respective nominal value, the design of 1/10-, 1/4-, 1/2- and 1 -ounce Platinum Eagles is identical. Although the market value of the Platinum Eagles, as usual for investment coins, already is due to the pure metal value significantly higher than the face value, these coins are theoretically an official currency.

Backs of the "proof " spending

Since 1998, the collectors editions carry in quality Proof annually a differently designed back. Motive is always a bald eagle, which is imaged against the background of different regions of the United States or in conjunction with another USA - specific topic.