Comments on: 2012 American Buffalo Gold Proof Coin Released

By: george glazener

george glazener — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:57:01 +0000

Too expensive for me. Maybe I should call good ol’ barry and ask for a free handout? He loves giving things away to loafers..

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:11:11 +0000

It looks like 2011 will be the 2nd lowest mintage for the Proof AGB.
A good investment for those who purchased!

By: jim

jim — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:57:36 +0000

Everybody wants the first issue of a coin to start the series (if they’re going to collect the series) plus the gold buffalo is very well done. Interestingly, 2008, the only year when the fractional coins were issued was also the lowest mintage year for the 1 oz coins. I would have thought the fractional set would have sold big too, first year and all. But instead it provided one of the rarer collector coins – the proof 1/2 oz gold buffalo at only 4,366 units.

By: John M

John M — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:40:09 +0000

I had not realized there was such a great difference in mintage quantities between 2006 and subsequent years. It seems probable than many collectors bought the 2006 coin hoping it would be a one-year issue, much as the UHR was in 2009, and lost interest in subsequent years. Thanks for the timely update.