Adding Platinum to Your Collection

By Richard Giedroyc

If there is anything scarcer than platinum-composition U.S. coins, it’s the people who collect them. Yes, there are collectors out there, but just as with the First Spouse gold coins, there are so few collectors that many dealers buy and sell the coins at the same price regardless of the individual mintages. Platinum is “the other white metal.” It has industrial uses. It is used in jewelry. It is used on occasion in coins. The mintages of some Platinum American Eagle coins are ridiculously low, but that hasn’t resulted in demand or prices as might be expected. In fact, many of the 1/10 PAE coins sell for a lower price in Proof than they do in Brilliant Uncirculated. There are, however, indications that platinum as bullion may rise in value…

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Numismatic News (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 1, 2025

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