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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 687853, member: 19065&quot;]There have been three mints used to produce ASEs, as far as I know the earlier Proofs (for collectors) were minted in San Francisco, but later Proofs have been minted at West Point. Philadelphia being the other mint, for the uncs. (edit, also WP, see above.) In all reality, no matter the finish, they are ALL bullion but given the collector/numismatic interest and premiums for Proofs and other high quality polished die versions that have come out, they have the numismatic value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bullion whether AGE or ASE are distributed by authorized dealers through the mint. There is a US Mint page <a href="http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/index.cfm?action=AmericanEagles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/index.cfm?action=AmericanEagles" rel="nofollow">here</a> and this was not too long ago a topic on CT <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t59179/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t59179/">here</a>. There is a list of dealers on the Mint website as well that you can search by state.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for why bullion has to be minted before the Burnished Uncs and Proofs, I have always assumed the to line in the legislation &#039;to meet the demand&#039; was their excuse the Mint would always fall back on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please anyone correct this reply if not complete or if I stated things unclearly... Also, to the previous questions about mintage figures in this regard, I think our friend elaine is best suited to answer that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> so I will wait until she reads this and has a quick answer for us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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