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100 Dollars 'American Platinum Eagle' Bullion Coinage
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTY 2009 IN GOD WE TRUST E PLURIBUS UNUM |
| Reverse description | The reverse, designed by Susan Gamble and engraved by Phebe Hemphill, features four diverse portrait busts arranged in a dynamic overlapping composition, representing the multicultural fabric of the American people and evoking the Preamble to the Constitution. The portraits — depicting individuals of Native American, African American, European, and other heritages — face inward toward a central field inscribed with the motto A MORE PERFECT UNION in three bold lines, referencing the first theme of the six-year Preamble series. A small bald eagle device appears below the central inscription. The peripheral legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA arcs above, flanked by 1 OZ. at lower left and $100 at lower right, with .9995 PLATINUM along the lower border and the West Point mintmark W at right. |
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The 2009 Platinum Eagle almost didn't exist. The U.S. Mint suspended the one-ounce proof version that year, citing platinum blank shortages driven by soaring collector demand following the series' shift to rotating reverse designs beginning in 2009. The bullion strike continued, but with significantly reduced availability compared to prior years — the 2009 bullion mintage of 8,000 pieces is among the lowest in the series' history, rivaled only by the depths of the 2008 financial crisis issues.
The 2009 reverse inaugurated a six-year design sequence drawn from the Preamble to the Constitution, each coin dedicated to a single constitutional concept.