United States 2007 10 dollars KM-283

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Stack's Bowers August 2016 auction, lot 7278
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This specimen was lot 7278 in Stack's Bowers August 2016 Baltimore auction, where it sold for $129.25. The lot description noted, "2007 Tenth-Ounce Platinum Eagle. Early Releases. MS-70 (NGC)." The mint began striking and selling platinum bullion coins in 1997. One, half, quarter and tenth ounce versions were offered; the tenth ounce is shown here. Sales were respectable but never more than a fraction of the sales of the gold eagle bullion coins. The proofs (KM 414) feature a different reverse than the "business" strikes. This is a common date.

Recorded Mintage: 13,003 from Philadelphia (shown here) plus 5,556 "burnished" plus 8,176 proofs (mintmark "W").

Specification: 3.10 g, 0.999 fine platinum, 17 mm diameter. Designed and engraved by John Mercanti.

Catalog reference: KM 283.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

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