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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bacchus, post: 49842, member: 759&quot;]Sounds like a platinum bullion coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&amp;storeId=10001&amp;productId=10637&amp;langId=-1&amp;parent_category_rn=10114" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&amp;storeId=10001&amp;productId=10637&amp;langId=-1&amp;parent_category_rn=10114" rel="nofollow">http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&amp;storeId=10001&amp;productId=10637&amp;langId=-1&amp;parent_category_rn=10114</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The face value is much less than the actual value of the metal (silver, gold, or platinum).</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, to get the 1oz Silver Eagle, it costs about $10 to get them from a dealer, who probably pay something between that and the melt value (currently $6.81 per ounce) to buy them from the Mint.&nbsp; The face value on the coin is only $1.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are today&#039;s prices for precious metals:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kitco.com/market/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kitco.com/market/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kitco.com/market/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the prices shown on the first site (usmint.gov) are higher than the prices you could expect to pay from a dealer, because the coins on the U.S. Mint site are for <i>proof </i>coins, and they run at an additional premium, maybe $20 per coin, for example.&nbsp; I&#039;m assuming that the coins you&#039;re talking about are <i>uncirculated, </i>but not proofs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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