Comments on: 2011 Proof American Platinum Eagle Coin Available

By: THEBIGBOSS

THEBIGBOSS — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:42:47 +0000

Btw I don’t think 15000 platinum coins will sell in a week , not even 2 or 3 weeks, so no sellout forcast, nobody wants this Scary things, they will make a newborn baby cry.

On the Value of coins , bullion or Anything (copper , wood, Platunum)

A dollar coin, Has a Face Value Of a Dollar, and May be a dollar in melt value at best, but it could bring you $10,000 for some ms70.

so a dollar could bring you 10k, Now Lincoln cents do the same and any other coin potentialy could bring more than face value.

Gold Buffalo $50 face Value , selling for about $1810 at the USMINT, why give something that is worth about $1530 in bullion a face Value Price of $50.
I Belive that is Just a Joke , and just shows that something is seriously wrong

Give the Bullion Coins the face Value Price Of Bullion
What difference Would it Make?
You could Buy a Bullion $50 Gold eagle For about $1600, and it could bring you $15000 if an error is found or some wierd thing happens with it.

In what Planet A dollar is not worth a dollar, and $50 face value sells for $1810 and football is played with your hands, kick it and you get 20 yard penalty.

am going to start calling horses airplanes, and Cars trains.

By: Jim's Supporter

Jim's Supporter — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:42:34 +0000

I have to say that Suzanne is wrong here, with respect of course. The Liberty face looks like she just smelled a … or is pouting like a 3 year old. Think about it, since when has the mint produced something original that is of great artistic value. I will give you some examples, The Mercury dimes, Barber series, walking liberty etc. The best the mint can seem to do these days is Presidents, National Parks, First Wives etc. NOTHING ORIGINAL!

As for THEBIGBOSS’s comment about the face value worth. I believe they keep the standard values because back in the day when the US was on the gold standard. That was the actual value of the coin. So basically, if we went back onto the gold standard. Your platinum coin would be worth $100. Gold Buffalo =$50 worth of gold, etc. Something to that effect…

By: THEBIGBOSS

THEBIGBOSS — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:04:38 +0000

I Don’t like the looks of this so called coins, I wish they would bring some old styles to back to life, and what bothers me the most is the face values. If you have a newly minted coin with a face value of $100, but you selling it for over $2000 (who are you trying to fool?) give it the real face value (the Value of the metal) btw on some of these platinum coins the Face looks like she is on Meth or some kind of drug, her eyes are about to pop out, or may be she is just mad they made her so Ugly.

THEBIGBOSS

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:25:25 +0000

Jim,
Respectfully,you are so wrong.Take a good look at the stylized wheat on the Lincoln pre-’59 cent. Also, the Harvest Goddess’ breasts are anatomically accurate and quite nicely rendered, if you examine the actual coin.
Minerva, on the Medal of Honor is a beautiful coin also,unlike anything that preceded it. I suggest you do some research before slamming efforts that are apparently beyond your level of appreciation.Have you ever tried to design or sculpt a coin? Do you have any opinions about brain surgery? Are you qualified to offer these opinions?
Suzanne

By: jim

jim — Sat, 28 May 2011 14:17:39 +0000

Boy, who approves these designs? The Harvest Goddess is carrying a stalk of wheat? Wheat doesn’t look like that at all. Can’t they at least research reality (or look at some other coins like an old penny to see what wheat looks like) before committing to a design? And Phebe Hemphill is a woman – couldn’t she sculpt the Harvest Goddess with a right and a left breast instead of two left breasts (one on top of the other) and no right breast at all? This coin wouldn’t win any “best” awards if I was voting.
It’s time we got some decent designs (you see why they went back to the early 20th century for the gold buffalo and palladium eagle designs – they couldn’t come up with anything better). Even Minerva on the Medal of Honor coin is based on old images. It’s a good thing Moy is out; maybe his replacement will bring new life and vitality to US coin desigs.