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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 179160, member: 2486&quot;]<b>APE&#039;s</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Well now that poses an interesting question.How rare are they? First lets look at the coins features:</p><p><br /></p><p>PROS</p><p>1. It is uncirculated.</p><p>2. It has the reverse design of the current 2006 proof APE.</p><p>3. It has the &quot;W&quot; mint mark</p><p>4. The planchets are burnished with tiny steel pellets (according to the mint)</p><p>5. It is the Inaugural Issue for the &quot;W&quot; mint mark coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>CONS</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Platinum is a non circulating coin (made for investors)</p><p>2. It is expensive</p><p>3. Collector interest is for the few not the many.</p><p>4. It is a modern issue as are all American Eagles</p><p><br /></p><p>Now..will any of these things make you rush right out and get one? If you did not get it from the mint during the small issuing window..the secondary market prices will be sky rocket high. I am partial to the American Eagle Program and have collected it for many of the 21 years....the platinum is truly a special metal/coin and only select few have complete sets. The only denomination of platinum that I have completed is the 1/10th oz proof and uncirc for all years. I have select coins of other denominations with small mintages in both finishes. My primary focus is on the AGE in which I only need ~ 10 Proof 1oz coins and 6 Unc 1oz coins to complete the entire series all finishes and denominations.The recent additions of the &quot;W&quot; AGE uncirculated coins makes it complete for the 10th, qtr, and half oz coins...now comes 2007!!&nbsp; I have side by side safe deposit boxes at my bank....I can only imagine what they think when I go in to swap out Silica boxes..LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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