2008-W $50 Burnished St. of Liberty First Strike

Weight

15.56 g

Diameter

27 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

99.95% Platinum

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Reeded

Technique

Struck

Front design

Statue of Liberty

Back design

Heraldic eagle

Year of Minting

2008

Ruler

NA

Mint location

West Point

Mint mark

W

Orientation

Coin alignment

Inscriptions

LIBERTY | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | $50 | E PLURIBUS UNUM | AU 24K

Context

: The 2008-W $50 Platinum Eagle is a huge sleeper coin in my personal opinion. This coin currently holds the lowest mintage for any regular issue Modern coin ever struck by the U.S. Mint. With a mintage of 2,253 coins struck, it will be probably be many, many years before any other coin has a mintage this small. If it weren’t for the 1915 Pan-Pac $50 coins, the 2006-W $50 Uncirculated Platinum Eagle would also have a lower mintage than any other mint state 20th century coin which has ever been produced by the U.S. Mint. Besides having a low mintage, the coins are very hard to come by as they hardly ever become available in the coin market. Issue Date: July 17, 2008

Rarity

Rare

Coin type

Platinum Eagles (1997 to Date)

In circulation

NA

Demonetized

No

Marketplace listings

0