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| Uitgever | United States Mint |
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| Jaar | 1997-2022 |
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| Oriëntatie | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Close-up frontal portrait of the Statue of Liberty, her radiate crown with seven rays prominently displayed, rendered in high relief with finely detailed flowing hair framing her face. The national motto IN GOD WE TRUST appears in three lines to the right of the effigy, with the date below it. The legend LIBERTY arcs across the upper field, while E PLURIBUS UNUM curves along the lower left rim. The engraver's initials JM appear discretely on the truncation. The design, executed by John M. Mercanti, conveys a bold and dignified neoclassical aesthetic characteristic of late 20th-century American coinage. |
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| Rand | Reeded |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Congress authorized the American Platinum Eagle in 1997 through the Legal Tender Coin Act, making it the first platinum coin issued by the United States government. The timing was deliberate — platinum had quietly surpassed gold in industrial demand throughout the 1980s and 1990s, driven largely by catalytic converter manufacturing, and the U.S. Mint was late to a market already served by the Isle of Man, Australia, and Canada.
Unlike the Gold and Silver Eagles, whose reverse designs are fixed by statute, the Platinum Eagle's reverse has changed annually since 2009 under rotating thematic series — a policy unique among U.S. bullion issues.