2010 W 1 oz $100 Platinum American Eagle Proof Coin NGC PF70 UCAM Early Releases

2010 W 1 oz $100 Platinum American Eagle Proof Coin NGC PF70 UCAM Early Releases 

This beautiful platinum American Eagle is graded by NGC as Proof 70 Ultra Cameo: the perfect coin, as minted, with no trace of wear, handling, scratches or contact with other coins from a (5x) magnification. It is also an early release, and has a very small mintage of only 9,871. This much anticipated and eagerly collected coin contains 1 troy ounce of .9995 fine platinum.

The American Platinum Eagle is the official platinum bullion coin of the United States. In 1995, Director of the United States Mint, Philip N. Diehl, American Numismatic Association President, David L. Ganz, and Platinum Guild International Executive Director, Jacques Luben, began the legislative process of creating the Platinum Eagle. After over two years of work, the coins were first released by the United States Mint in 1997. It is offered in 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, and 1 troy oz varieties and consists of .9995 fine platinum. The American Platinum Eagle is authorized by the United States Congress, and is backed by the United States Mint for weight and content.

The obverse features John Mercanti‘s design exhibiting a portrait of the Statue of Liberty gazing confidently forward, a symbol of freedom and opportunity, wearing a seven point crown with her right arm rising above her. "LIBERTY" is inscribed across the top of the bullion coin, and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" is located in the lower left of the coin. The year the coin was issued and "IN GOD WE TRUST" are to the right side of Lady Liberty. 

The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, a french sculptor, who presented this as a gift to the United States on October 28, 1886. It's located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas (the Roman goddess) who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States which represents a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.

Beginning in 2009, the reverse designs started a six year series dedicated to the principles found in the Preamble of the Constitution to the United States: To Form a More Perfect Union,To Establish Justice,To Insure Domestic Tranquility,To Provide for the Common Defence,To Promote General Welfare and To Secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and our Posterity. The 2010 coin reverse's theme is "To Establish Justice". The reverse depicts blindfolded "Lady Justice" holding scales in one hand and a laurel branch in the other. The weight (1 oz), purity (.9995), metal (platinum), and face value ($100) of the platinum proof coin is found on the rim on the coin.

Like all of our other platinum coins, this one is guaranteed to be 100% authentic. Item will be wrapped and packaged safe for delivery.