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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blissskr, post: 2103347, member: 34882&quot;]The mint does still mint the 1 oz bullion platinum eagles as well as the collector proof versions they resumed the bullion APE last year. However they only minted 16,900 of the 1 oz bullion coins last year starting in March. </p><p><br /></p><p>And before last year not only the 1 oz but also the fractional bullion versions hadn&#039;t been had any minted since 2008. And they still aren&#039;t likely to ever resume minting the fractional ones. If you look at the mintage numbers of the bullion eagles they are also pretty low and I&#039;d agree that the coins are likely held by those with expectations of a numismatic value. I&#039;m sure there is plenty of people who paid a much higher price than platinum is going for now that won&#039;t sell their coins at a loss because they&#039;ve no reason to. Can&#039;t really compare the ASE or AGE to the APE because the mintage numbers of the APE are just so low compared to the other two combined with the fact minting of the bullion 1 oz was only resumed last year. It&#039;s that finite supply that is driving the premium especially for the fractional bullion coins.</p><p>&nbsp; <a href="http://platinumeagleguide.com/mintages/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://platinumeagleguide.com/mintages/" rel="nofollow">http://platinumeagleguide.com/mintages/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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