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<p>[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 633529, member: 9474"]This was taken from Mintnewsblog.com on May 21st, 2009</p><p> </p><p>The US Mint added a new notification to the product catalog page for the <b>American Buffalo Gold Coins</b>. This joins similar notifications that had previously been posted for the <a href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-proof-gold-eagles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-proof-gold-eagles.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #669922">2009 Gold Eagle</span></a> and <a href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-proof-silver-eagles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-proof-silver-eagles.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #669922">2009 Silver Eagle</span></a> product pages.</p><p> </p><p>The notification is as follows:</p><p>Production of United States Mint 2009 American Buffalo Gold Proof Coins has been delayed because of the limited availability of 24-karat gold blanks. The 2009 American Buffalo one-ounce Gold Proof Coin is scheduled to go on sale in the second half of the 2009 calendar year after an acceptable inventory of 24-karat gold blanks can be acquired. The release date, once established, will be posted to the 2009 Scheduled Products Listing.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the numismatic product portfolio analysis conducted last fall, beginning in 2009, American Buffalo Gold Proof fractional coins and the four-coin set are no longer available. Additionally, <b>the United States Mint will no longer offer American Buffalo Gold Uncirculated Coins</b>. <span style="color: red"><b>This</b></span> <span style="color: red"><b>is not the same as the "bullion" buffalo (no W)</b></span></p><p> </p><p>The notification doesn't provide much in the way of new information. The delay had been presumed following the similar announcements for the collectible Gold and Silver Eagle coins. <b>Additionally, the US Mint has not even produced the regular bullion version of the American Gold Buffalo for 2009.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>The discontinuation of all but one option for the collectible Gold Buffalo coins had been announced previously, </b><a href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-mint-cuts-product-offerings-by-60_10.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-mint-cuts-product-offerings-by-60_10.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #669922"><b>late last year</b></span></a><b>.</b> In 2008, the US Mint had offered a total of twelve products which incorporated the Gold Buffalo. This included 1 oz, 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 oz individual coins in uncirculated or proof, 4 coin sets in uncirculated or proof, the 2008 American Buffalo Celebration Coin, and the 08-08-08 Double Prosperity Set. <b>For 2009, the single coin to be offered will be the <b>1 oz Proof 2009 Gold Buffalo.</b></b></p><p> </p><p>Ok guys, everyone makes very valid points. Like T$ said, the fact that the mint was not going to produce any proof fractional buffs and no "W" buffs was made clear very early in the year. But what was never made clear and I have to agree with Argento here is whether or not the mint was going to release the "bullion" version. I follow this info just as closely as the next person and I have never seen anything conclusively where the mint said they were not going to produce the "bullion" buff. I think everyone is wanting to group the "bullion" buff under the "No W" category or the "UNC" category and this is wrong. The mint states very clearly that there are 3 classifications for these coins.... Proof, UNC, Bullion. Remember, you will not find info about the bullion versions of these coins on the mints web site because these are not sold through the usual channels. If you do see some information, it is usually very general or vague info. </p><p> </p><p><b>The discontinuation of all but one option for the collectible Gold Buffalo coins had been announced previously, </b><a href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-mint-cuts-product-offerings-by-60_10.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-mint-cuts-product-offerings-by-60_10.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #669922"><b>late last year</b></span></a><b>.</b> This statement really confuses stuff in my opinion. When you buy numismatic items through the US Mint, you are buying "collector" items. The "bullion" buffalo is not a collector item...it is bullion. So although the mint announced that all but one option will be made available to collectors in 2009, I don't believe this statement is taking into account the bullion version. And this was the point that Argento was trying to make. Now, I have not seen this information about the bullion version not being offered this year, but I truly welcome that because this is getting too expensive to keep up. </p><p> </p><p>Now if anyone has a source that they can show where the mint had previously announced that they were not going to mint the <b><i>bullion </i></b>version, I would like to see it. Until I do, I don't believe the mint has ever announced that they were not going to make the bullion version. You can't confuse the UNC version and the bullion versions of the buffaloes. When the mint mentioned that they were discontinuing all options, I believe what they were referring to was the proof fractionals and all the W unc buffs. JMO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 633529, member: 9474"]This was taken from Mintnewsblog.com on May 21st, 2009 The US Mint added a new notification to the product catalog page for the [B]American Buffalo Gold Coins[/B]. This joins similar notifications that had previously been posted for the [URL="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-proof-gold-eagles.html"][COLOR=#669922]2009 Gold Eagle[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-proof-silver-eagles.html"][COLOR=#669922]2009 Silver Eagle[/COLOR][/URL] product pages. The notification is as follows: Production of United States Mint 2009 American Buffalo Gold Proof Coins has been delayed because of the limited availability of 24-karat gold blanks. The 2009 American Buffalo one-ounce Gold Proof Coin is scheduled to go on sale in the second half of the 2009 calendar year after an acceptable inventory of 24-karat gold blanks can be acquired. The release date, once established, will be posted to the 2009 Scheduled Products Listing. As a result of the numismatic product portfolio analysis conducted last fall, beginning in 2009, American Buffalo Gold Proof fractional coins and the four-coin set are no longer available. Additionally, [B]the United States Mint will no longer offer American Buffalo Gold Uncirculated Coins[/B]. [COLOR=red][B]This[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=red][B]is not the same as the "bullion" buffalo (no W)[/B][/COLOR] The notification doesn't provide much in the way of new information. The delay had been presumed following the similar announcements for the collectible Gold and Silver Eagle coins. [B]Additionally, the US Mint has not even produced the regular bullion version of the American Gold Buffalo for 2009.[/B] [B]The discontinuation of all but one option for the collectible Gold Buffalo coins had been announced previously, [/B][URL="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-mint-cuts-product-offerings-by-60_10.html"][COLOR=#669922][B]late last year[/B][/COLOR][/URL][B].[/B] In 2008, the US Mint had offered a total of twelve products which incorporated the Gold Buffalo. This included 1 oz, 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 oz individual coins in uncirculated or proof, 4 coin sets in uncirculated or proof, the 2008 American Buffalo Celebration Coin, and the 08-08-08 Double Prosperity Set. [B]For 2009, the single coin to be offered will be the [B]1 oz Proof 2009 Gold Buffalo.[/B][/B] Ok guys, everyone makes very valid points. Like T$ said, the fact that the mint was not going to produce any proof fractional buffs and no "W" buffs was made clear very early in the year. But what was never made clear and I have to agree with Argento here is whether or not the mint was going to release the "bullion" version. I follow this info just as closely as the next person and I have never seen anything conclusively where the mint said they were not going to produce the "bullion" buff. I think everyone is wanting to group the "bullion" buff under the "No W" category or the "UNC" category and this is wrong. The mint states very clearly that there are 3 classifications for these coins.... Proof, UNC, Bullion. Remember, you will not find info about the bullion versions of these coins on the mints web site because these are not sold through the usual channels. If you do see some information, it is usually very general or vague info. [B]The discontinuation of all but one option for the collectible Gold Buffalo coins had been announced previously, [/B][URL="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-mint-cuts-product-offerings-by-60_10.html"][COLOR=#669922][B]late last year[/B][/COLOR][/URL][B].[/B] This statement really confuses stuff in my opinion. When you buy numismatic items through the US Mint, you are buying "collector" items. The "bullion" buffalo is not a collector item...it is bullion. So although the mint announced that all but one option will be made available to collectors in 2009, I don't believe this statement is taking into account the bullion version. And this was the point that Argento was trying to make. Now, I have not seen this information about the bullion version not being offered this year, but I truly welcome that because this is getting too expensive to keep up. Now if anyone has a source that they can show where the mint had previously announced that they were not going to mint the [B][I]bullion [/I][/B]version, I would like to see it. Until I do, I don't believe the mint has ever announced that they were not going to make the bullion version. You can't confuse the UNC version and the bullion versions of the buffaloes. When the mint mentioned that they were discontinuing all options, I believe what they were referring to was the proof fractionals and all the W unc buffs. JMO[/QUOTE]
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