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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1013062, member: 6229&quot;]The 2010 Proof American Platinum Eagle Coin was released from the United States Mint nearly two months ago to this day, on August 12, 2010.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like its immediate 2009 predecessor, collectors quickly snapped up the allotted mintage. In fact, both coins were available for barely more than a week before new orders were placed on a standby only list — processed only if an older order was canceled.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The official <b><i>sold out</i></b> notice was declared August 23, 2010.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s an excerpt from a news article in Coin News</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2010 Platinum Eagles Sold Out</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>by Coin News on August 23, 2010</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Officially entering the history books as a sellout Monday morning were the 2010 Proof Platinum Eagles.&nbsp; The United States Mint tagged the coin as &amp;quot;Sold Out,&amp;quot; moving the product to its &amp;quot;No Longer Available&amp;quot; page within its online store.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In reality, the 1-ounce .9995 fine platinum coins sold out Thursday, August 19, when collectors purchased their entire 10,000 mintage.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/08/23/2010-platinum-eagles-sold-out/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/08/23/2010-platinum-eagles-sold-out/" rel="nofollow">Click for photos and more info</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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