New American Gold Eagle Design & Security Features
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This video takes a close look at the new American Gold Eagle design and its security features or lack thereof. The Type 2 design has been heavily anticipated. Does the end result live up the expectations?
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I agree. All in all, the Type 2 American Gold Eagle is very nice and a coin we can be proud of.
On another note, I think it's so good that you have shared several times your difficult experience trying to sell less popular coins. Right now with lots of interest in this market, coin shops might be willing to buy just about anything. When the market is down and interest wanes, it's always a challenge selling something that is slower for the shop to move.
I've faced this over the years with firearms on a few occasions. It doesn't matter how much I paid for a firearm, or even how much it might be worth; if it's something that is slower to move off the shelf, a shop owner might just not be willing to trade or purchase at ANY sort of fair price. They have to move inventory in order to stay in business and cannot afford to tie up money in merchandise that becomes a permanent fixture. "Gold is gold," but if that gold is in a coin that is in lower demand, a shop owner in this country would much rather buy that "Gold is gold" in the form of an American Eagle or Gold Buffalo. That said, I think everybody should have a certain percentage of their physical holdings in fun stuff they just like, despite the fact that it might not be as quick to move as an Eagle or Buffalo.
I'm sure a lot of folks are listening and learning from your experiences. Keep trucking!
Appreciate that! That difference between demand cycles is pretty extreme, and you explain it well. The dealers know what will move and what won’t. Thanks for the comment!
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The Britannia has the best security features.
It’s the leader in a two coin race. 😄
And one side of it is really pretty.
Buffalos and Britannia’s, the best !!
Hi, Pud. I hope you are doing well. I miss you very much. *TYU*
Hey Button, overwhelmingly, I just don’t get this new eagle
Buffalo nicer than any Eagle imo
Agreed. It’s a better looking design.
Yes indeed they are ... 2is1 has a farm over there 🤣 and acres for grazing 👍🏽
I agree but those edge variances really cause an issue in capsules. :)
I don't have a buffalo. Are you saying the thickness of the coin at the edge can be too thick for capsules of the right diameter?
I'll take those ones I'll give you $50 each. Fine $50 and postage.
Agree
Meh … I like the old design better. Doesn’t really matter though, it’s all US bullion.
Yeah, the design alone won’t mean much to a lot of people.
@@2is1gold I never liked the eagle family design, so this eagle's head is a big improvement . Sadly, the 22K alloy means taxes in Canada, but a private sale will come along some day and I will add one to my 1986 proof and 2006 4-coin MS70 BU set. The missing reed actually is an irritating distraction; they could have found a more convincing security feature.
@@meteoman7958 it is a distraction. Very strange choice. It’s almost like they needed that specific amount of metal to give Liberty a nose and chin! 😄
@@2is1gold i only have 24 k coins atm,should i get 22ks?
What they should’ve done was micro engraved the deceleration of independence in the missing reed edge MERICA 🦅 now that’s a security feature!
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The engraving lasers would get hacked and put Nicholas Cage's face on a $2000 coin...
@@TheGroovyJones I would pay high premium for that beautiful masterpiece!
@@oldmanjenkins771 But it's the Nic Cage from Left Behind.
@@TheGroovyJones excellent 🧐👍🏼👌🏽
The US Mint totally dropped the ball on the security feature... Way behind the Canadian and British Mints in my opinion
Yep!
Has the mint officially given anyone the details of the security features? Where are they?
I think the United States mints' standards have dropped significantly since the centennial collection of 2016. I'm not liking what they're putting out except for the Buffalo, that is the one piece that Trumps most gold coins. If they were smart they would completely redesign the eagle for 2022. I'm going to buy a half ounce type 2 just to have the new design, I'm not buying a one ounce.
@@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533 One of them is the bottom of the reeded edge
I agree with you 100%
That is an absolutely beautiful knife in the background.
Got 1, not that excited 🙀
My only gold too ! Rather have a Maple or Britannia, or Double Dragon 🐉 🐉
They’re all nice!
Government backed Silver Buffalo is most needed. 😩😭
Can we protest outside of all the US Mints for one?
Ask for fractional gold buffalos too!
@@2is1gold Demand* fractional buffalos 😂
Why is the US Mint lacking so much? Especially with them security features…. It’s almost like, they, Want counterfeits… 🤔
@@2is1gold: Ask for fractional rhodium, given the high price for 1-ozt of Rh.
You’re an exception to the rule as far as liking the change. I like the reverse except it looks like someone poked a sharp stick in the Eagles eye😁
I never liked the original. Just a boring coin from a Mint that can do better!
Looks like a butt hole to me. Was a pain to look at.
Hey! Nice new Eagle there 2 is 1. Still have yet to add some to my meager Gold stack, yet. Had some eBay bucks, and credit card dollars in hand, but grabbed a bunch of 2021 ASE’s Type 1, in order to just about complete my monster box (need 4 or 5 more). Still have some cash, ready to pull the trigger on a couple 1/4 oz AGE Type 2. Trying to fill a capsule tube of those, as well as a capsule tube of 1/10 oz AGE’s. Gotta keep buying…just can’t stop.
Nice! It’s a good update. Keeps them interesting.
Nice! I just ordered my first type 2! Britannia wins with security!
Nice! (Britannia wins by a mile.)
At least the new gold eagle looks better than the silver one. The complete lack of security features is a pretty huge disappointment to me, but I've come to expect that from the US mint at this point. I never thought I would be saying that the Royal mint and the Royal Canadian mint do security tons better than the US, but here we are. Thank you, sir.
I'm just really surprised the mint put out press about security features on the coins. Why claim it?
I always stacked the Gold Buffalo in the past because I didn't like the Type 1 Eagle. Definitely like the Type 2 more and will add some to my stack.
I have a pretty similar feeling. I've never given up on the Eagles, but I think about them differently.
I’m not thrilled with the type 2. The obverse and reverse are total out of proportion to one another.
I would have preferred an update to both sides, personally.
That was the only reason I watched this video (see the chip) but I still learned more so 'you suck, but in a good way'.
Ha!
I'm probably in the minority, but I like the new design for both the AGE and ASE, especially for the AGE.
I don't mind it on the ASE either. I think the AGE is the clearer improvement. I'm all for updates!
Hi, Matteo. Let the lemmings hate. They are beautiful designs. Very well done.
I was expecting Security features similar to the Komsco mint or like the Brittanias. The missing Reed is a joke.
Agreed.
Magnificent Gold Eagle! I’m gold all the way and the silver was a heartbreak. I’m out.
Same!
might be the only one but I like the new design more. love that detailed eagle head
I definitely prefer it. They could have further improved it, but at least it's forward progress.
Nice Rockstead!
Thanks! Their craftsmanship is so good!
I think the eagle head is awesome
My goal is to purchase an oz and a 1/4 of gold per month. I just started stacking gold so I watch your channel and called my local coin/precious metals dealer. I’ve decided to stack 1 oz Credit Suisse and 1/4 American Eagle…Bars for holding and 1/4 oz for liquidity. I look forward to my first gold Eagle they look great.
Nice!
I thought it Was hilarious when I heard people suggesting there’s a microchip. Yeah they put it inside molten gold, OK 👌🏻. Anyways, I did get a couple of the ASEs and they ruined it and a couple (so far) of the AGEs and I definitely like the new design of the gold WAY more than the new design of the silver. That being said I’m a little pissed that they got rid of the symbolism I. Both. The silver was dying and proud. It’s like everything else in society right now. They’re burning down our national history. We are losing our country pride little by little and I’m not happy about it. But you mentioned about a new American Mustang?? I can’t find anything about it. I’m definitely going to have to start saving if it’s strong and proud.
Yeah, look up "2021 American Liberty gold bucking horse". It looks fantastic!
@@2is1gold oh my gosh, those are sweet! Yep I’m saving for that one
@@anxiousstacker7945: The last few American Liberty coins didn't sell well, so this new design is a welcome change.
@@oahuhawaii2141 Yeah the design grew on me really quick and I’ve already ordered a couple more. I didn’t know that though but right on
Very much looking forward to the Type 3.
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you'll be waiting 25 years bud. the mint has made its bed and will sleep in it.
My 1/2 AGE rolled in today. I’m underwhelmed I guess. I was more excited about the Britannia reboot TBH. Like you said though, it’s not going to make much difference with my stacking. I’ll pick up either types of the price is right. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah. It's nice, but I was hoping for _really nice_. 😄
I do not like the gold eagles or the silver eagles. I don’t understand why they are so popular especially with the high premiums they carry. The Canadian, British and Australian mints offer so many great designs, most of which are 24K and have the shine and visual appeal gold should have. And the premiums are lower.
Recognition and nationalism play in for sure.
I was hoping for some security features
Me too.
Head of an eagle is the tail side and then lady liberty on the other side is the head side. Security feature lets take something off the side of the coin and call it security. To me its poorly done wont be shocked if it don't last long. But I did buy 1 have I own an oz.
Yeah, could have been a lot better. I’m hoping for another update, but I don’t know if that’s likely.
The St. Gaudens Lady Liberty and the Liberty Walking designs are the MOST beautiful coin designs in history so far. One of the problems is that the mint no longer has a Chief Engraver (It's an engraving, not a sculpture btw...). So, our coinage is designed by committee now and the designs for most of our coinage are pedestrian at best. I like the type 2 versions of both the gold and silver eagles and would like to see more changes in the future, but I don't think there are artists now with enough talent to create something as beautiful as these coins are.
I like the walking liberty too, but they're very dated. I agree, the Mint doesn't leverage proper artists. Sculpture can be done by an engraver, but any relief is sculpture. Cheers!
You mean this is the best the US Mint can muster up as far as appearance and security knowing full well the Brittania and Maples continue with their dominance in esthetics and security enhancements?
Another us agency that lost its way.
Sad.
Yeah, seems like they have better resources.
I never was a fan of the type 1 gold Eagle reverse, so I like the redesign much better. As for the silver eagles, I like the type 1 reverse better than the redesigned one. That’s just me though.
Agreed.
The old eagle design wasn't great, but the new one is terrible. The Eagle looks like he might be sick. His feathers seem matted. I'll stick with the much more handsome Buffalo coins, a true classic
Gold is an even better conductor of electricity than silver which is better than copper, and the gold eagle is made of all three. I'm just saying the chips are REALLY happy in there, they won the semiconductor lottery.
One big antenna? 😅
Regarding 2:48, on the Obverse of the Type 2 American Gold Eagle there are no longer 50 stars for each of the States of the Union; instead they have been reduced to only 46 stars. This is because the outer border containing the 50 stars previously from the Type 1 Obverse since 1986 have been truncated down to 46 stars as a consequence of Liberty being enlarged closer to the foreground and thus 4 stars along the outer border have vanished. Coincidentally in 1907 when Augustus Saint Gaudens originally designed his Double Eagle $20 Gold Coin there were only 46 States in the Union.
Strange choices.
Maybe they're finally planning on getting rid of four states. Sell Florida back to Spain pay off some t-bills. Both Dakotas can go to Canada we're not using them, and we don't need Hawaii anymore in an era without hotels, restaurants, and cheap air fare.
Oh man Texas is gonna be pissed.
After 1907, the 47th State of the Union was New Mexico admitted on January 6, 1912, the 48th State of the Union was Arizona admitted on February 14, 1912, the 49th State of the Union was Alaska admitted on January 3, 1959, and the 50th State of the Union was Hawaii admitted on August 21, 1959.
Lady Liberty is a little bit thicker because McDonald's will do that to a coin.
That seems to be the popular opinion! 😄
What is the point of a secret security feature? It is not like we are only selling back to the mint who would be holding the secret. For that matter, finding information on security features on US coins is rather difficult.
I may prefer a 100+ year old sculpture. You should see St Gaudens’ Gen Tecumseh Sherman (w/Lady Liberty) gold leaf sculpture in NYC near Central Park.
Saint-Gaudens was a great sculptor. But that size, with those tools (and what with him being at the end of his health) didn't give us anything super fantastic in my opinion. Always the critic!
@@2is1gold I respect a guy whose got some context under his belt.🕵🏽♀️
Hi Heist. The new Gold Eagle is badass. The Silver Eagle is nice too.
*TYU*
@@donaldinnewmexico I like the gold eagle. I have a half gold and a single silver on pre order. End of month.
@@SilverHeist I got one Silver Eagle and one 1/10 oz Gold Eagle this past weekend. Both are nice. Many people are not liking the change. I believe many are simply on a bandwagon of disapproval. It's too bad. The designs are very well done. Most haven't even seen them yet, and many are buying them to show off on their channels and bash the designs. Human nature, I suppose. Why buy them if you don't like them? It makes no sense to me.
Great video. Going to place order on apmex for these.
Thank you!
I also wish they would change the composition to pure gold. That would throw off the size though.
Lady Liberty put on a little Pandemic weight being stuck at home in 2020 GEEEEZ.
Wish they would have chosen a different artist for the Eagle
The sculpture on the reverse looks much better than the computer generated images used on the online sites. There should have been better options, but I kind of like it.
The american gold eagle was never that pretty and the changes didn't help much. An eagle's head is just a boring subject compared to the whole bird. And the lady seems to have put on some weight to please the feminist agenda ;)
You better be happy you have your buffalos!
I'll rank the most common coins like this (aesthetically):
1) Britannia
2) Kangaroo
3) Philharmonic
4) Buffalo
5) Maple Leaf
6) American Gold Eagle
7) Krugerrand
With 6 and 7 being way less pretty than number 5.
Seems crazy that there aren’t more options for modern mint coins!
New stacker here....I get the Eagles is our nation's gold coin, but they have not grown into my taste yet. The maples and Britannias on the other hand, I think they are just gorgeous coins. I like these coins so much that I bought 3 Maples and 3 Britannias so far. Maybe I will buy an Eagle sometime in the future, but for the price of them and the gold content, I'd rather stick with Maples 🍁 and Britannias. God bless
Maples and Britannias are definitely gorgeous coins!
Hi 2 is 1,
Great video for west world 🌎. Unfortunately not interested in coins as you know. Due to we have rich culture tour 24K BARS. But because I love your videos I still watched it. However Monday I went and I got myself 2.5 grams bar and I got 1 grams bar as well. I saw 2in1 a lovely lady buying for her daughter who was atleast 3 years old, cute kid I must say ❤. She bought 100 grams bar very sexy and expensive 😍
Nice!
The use of Shenanigans wrt the eagle in this discussion was well warranted.
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I don't know if I like the angry chicken on the back of the new AGE. I think the new design on the ASE would have worked better looked nicer than an angry chicken head and if that's as far as the US mint went with today's possible security features call me deeply disappointed. I fell that's outright plain lazy. I'll just stack buffalos or the older version of eagles and some modern foreign mint coins. Might even start stacking platinum eagles again.
The Mint has been lazy on the Platinum Eagles too, but the Palladium Eagle is gorgeous. Makes me wonder what the motivation is behind their decisions.
Definitely an improvement. People resist change. Even good change. I look forward to getting one this year. Some great coins coming!
Hey Florida! It’s easy to focus on the bad and miss the good. Change was overdue! ✊
Holy smokes, I thought you were serious about cutting open the coin....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Not Impressed with new Gold Eagles design Type 2!! Looks cheap and security is a joke! Like the classic like Classic Coca-Cola!
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Get some Mexican gold. It's the nicest looking. The 20 peso, 50 peso, and libertads
Nice, but I won’t pay the premiums for Libertads. 🤑
This security feature is the worst joke of US mint (((
Yeah. 😕
I like the older design on both the gold and the silver I don't know why just not a fan of the new design and unfortunately they're not allowed to change it again for another 25 years! Oh well plenty of older gold and silver eagles out there for me great video
And this is why I am partial to Maples and Brittanias. Better premiums, better prices, much, much better anti-counterfeiting measures.
Craftsmanship definitely goes to the Royal Mint and RCM.
Didn't like the type 1 and dislike the type 2 even more. The US Mint got lazy with this one. Plus I am not a fan of anything other 24 kt coins.
I think it’s an improvement, personally, but I agree, it was a lazy swing.
I'm sorry but the American Eagle is not the most popular gold coin. The Krugerrand and the Maple Leaf are more popular and are in better demand than the American Eagle.
It’s the current most popular gold bullion coin. Has been for a while. That doesn’t mean total (all-time) sales, it means current (annual). Krugs still beat them for total sales.
It is not the most popular coin in the world. If you did any extensive travelling out of the US you would know it is the Krugerrand.
It is the CURRENT most popular gold coin in the world by sales volume - has been for a while. Krugs probably still have the AGE by total sold. If there's anywhere in the video that I didn't say "current" it was a mistake. Cheers!
The eagle head looks like a crow, an my wife says its a parrot. And lady liberty gained weight. Sorry but I don’t care for it..
I get RAPTOR from it. Liberty wasn’t updated in flattering ways. There’s always next time! (Another 35 years from now. 😅)
Type 2 is a beautiful coin but I like the back of the type 1better
My favorite is the buffalo.
The eagle on the obverse is a nice design. What I don't like is all the national symbolism, the arrows, the crest, the stars and the words United States of America over top have removed. I believe that was intentional and don't like the messaging.
On which coin? (ASE?) The Gold Eagle still has everything, it's just repositioned top center.
Mixed on the new design. I think the eagle's head should be about 5-10% smaller to give some white space between it and the edge lettering.
As for the front, this is the 21st century. Howzabout we get a modern take on liberty, rather than a 19th century neo-classical meh.
I'd take a Lady Liberty designed with a look similar to Britannia!
The US Mint experimented with wokeness on its American Liberty coins struck in 2017-2019, and to this day, many of them haven't sold out. The Mint has scrapped unsold inventories of other coins and medals before, and it may recycle those AL coins, if it's time to recoup the money wasted in warehousing them.
22 Carat coin looks like a Cooper coin, No thanks.why not pure 999, why?.1 Oz gold yes. But not 1 Oz pure gold. Only 33,93 gram 22 carat unpure gold. Buy pure gold not alloys.and same design every year 🤔🤔
It has a full troy ounce of gold. The 8.3% copper and silver is just fun metal. 😄
@@2is1gold but unpure gold. So No thanks.my neclase has 1/2 OZ pure gold. But never saying that. It is 30 gram 14 carat gold.you want clean water, clean clothes and so on. But not clean gold??
The gold eagle isn't the most popular gold bullion coin in the world. The krugerrand is.
It’s the current most popular gold bullion coin. Has been for a while. That doesn’t mean total (all-time) sales, it means current (annual). Krugs still beat them for total sales.
Pass. Taxable in Canada. Think I’ll still pull a Gollum on my Maple or Buffalo.
Yeah. 22k has some regional traps.
Nice Rockstead! Got to get me one.
It’s one of my favorites for sure!
I just picked up a Britannia 2020 1/2oz gold. Nice nice nice. I like it.
Very nice!
The only reason I care about this subject is because we want new demand to be stimulated for physical gold. I hope the new design does the trick. After you have been stacking gold bullion for while, you realize that a South African gold kruggerand, as ugly as Paul Kruggerand is, is just as valuable of a gold coin and it has lower premiums.
😅 There are hardcore Krug fans that will fight you on the ugly comment. 😅
@@2is1gold I buy my krugs from South Africans and have told them my opinion on their bullion. They just laugh.
@@glenh4971: Gold is gold.
What you think of the missing reed security feature now that the missing reed in 2022 coin is in a different location than the 2021?
It improves the feature slightly. It's still nowhere near the features of the CML or the Britannia, though.
The US Mint screwed up 'Royally'. Ha!
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Cant to get my first Gold coin. What do you think about buying it from the bank? Am in Canada 🇨🇦
That isn't an option here. It's local shops or online dealers mainly.
Wonder if the Buffaloes are getting any security updates for 2022?
I doubt it!
I like the newer eagle better also but I still prefer 24 carat
Rockstead huh? You mean business with that for sure! Do you like it better than your Shiro?
That’s tough. My Quantum is probably my favorite because I prefer flippers. The Higo II is masterful workmanship, though.
Is that an angry rooster?
Looks like Jake, my old Yellow Nape Amazon ;-)
It’s definitely a little “angry rooster” like! 🐔
Do the fractional coins of the Gold Eagle have the missing reed?
No, it’s only a feature on the 1 oz.
Great video, thank you for giving us a visual comparison of the three coins.
While I currently can't afford $1900 for one coin, I plan on buying one of each of those in the future.
One thing I am curious about, for the people claiming there is some kind of microchip in the gold eagle coin, do they explain *HOW* a microchip could survive in molten metal during the minting process and still function??
Because I think, and I'm guessing that is why you were joking about it, that's a load of B.S. right there.
Yeah, there’s no way it would work. Cheers!
@@2is1gold I thought as much! Thanks again, and take care!
Overall I think that the type 2 looks better than the type 1. The eagle on the obverse is much more detailed. Did get the pre release of the gold and silver 1 oz. Very happy with both. Got two more Buffalos on the way. Happy camper!🤩
Very nice!
@@2is1gold Thanks!👍
I like more the type 1 Eagles!
Look, my shenanigans are worth that eagle's time... so he's gonna have to deal with it.
Ha!
Nice, Can you send me one just so I can say I held it? It's nice to get your opinion on this coin. Thanks
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Small Difference that I don't like according to the CNI web page. The new Eagle has .98 oz. gold, not one full once. I know it's small, I'm that guy.
Nah. Somebody is putting out bad info. It’s a full troy ounce of pure gold.
Your right, I checked back and CNI corrected there web Page, Thanks.
Not loving the Type 2 AGE liberates me from any unnecessary emotional ties if & when it comes time to sell. If I want sexy, I’ll turn my attentions to the Royal Mint and Perth Mint for those once-in-a-while-purchases.
Sometimes I wonder if that isn’t the Mint’s modus operandi. Like they don’t want their bullion coins to take away from their commemoratives. 😕
Is it true of I were to sell the Eagle coin, that I don't have to do paperwork like I do with other coins to sell
It’s exempt from a 1099b form.
You sound just like Silver Dragons ?
I’ve never been accused of that before! 😄
The Angry Eagle! The eagle looks like it is angry. it is appropriate.
Angry Birds big boss!
Picked up the new type 2 AE yesterday for $1937 from Liberty Coin nearby in Huntington Beach, CA. During the 30 minutes I was there a few other folks picked one or two up as well. I love the design compared to the previous. Great pick up to add to the collection. Thanks for the video
That's a great shop!
@@2is1gold yes indeed. Sean, Zack & Chris are cool guys
Not sure if it’s mentioned here in the comments but just got a email from monument metals with the new Type 2 on sale. 1,907 last I looked🤠
Nice!
is it a more talented sculptor or was the original trying to fit more into a small space and losing detail in doing so?
More talented sculptor. Miley Busiek's work looked cartoonish.
Hi, 2. I like the new design. I don't care what security feature a coin has, dealers will still use their machines to check the purity of the gold. The "missing" reed is where the Mint "UNscientifically" stuck the chip inside. *TYU*
Ha! I thought they just grabbed a reed to thicken Liberty up a bit! 😄
@@2is1gold I was looking at my 2021 Type 1 Silver Eagle next to the Type 2. My Type 2 is definitely a softer image on the obverse.
Is there a letter or some color in the cut reed. Mabe there's something in the cut you need eye piece to See. I'm not sure
I didn't see anything with a loupe.
I like the knife what brand is it? Gold is gold knifevis interesting
This is a Rockstead Higo II in matte titanium and mirror finish. ✊
Now a better design would be the original St. Gaudens double eagle, reverse and obverse. That's the most beautiful gold coin ever. And a higher relief.
I’d say the American Palladium Eagle nailed it. 🤩
@@2is1gold The mercury dime with the eagle on the back is also a great coin design as well as the gold buffalo.
I am so excited to have picked up a bag of 100 reeded edges!!! Now that’s a fractional oz of gold to use for barter.
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Good thin king! 😄
Like the new Eagle but the Security feature is a joke
100%
Watch out for tungsten coins.
Agree. It’s a silly security feature
The silliest. 🏆
I think your wait for the new AGE’s security feature turned out to be a big nothing burger. The strike is an improvement along with the obverse design but overall the new issue lags behind the features & aesthetics of the ML & Britannia IMO.
Yep! Nothing Burger, but it's a minor improvement. Beggars can't be choosers! 😄
i think theyre still under 2 grand. i gotta try to get one while the getting is good.
Yep. Bold has them for 5.5% premium right now.
"This eagle means business"🤣🤣 Good one!
I feel like he’s judging me! 😄
Yes! So does Lady Liberty. Looks like she's coming forward towards you. Eagle is definitely watching closely
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I really miss your beaver. *TYUx2*
@@2is1gold That's funny.🤣
I like the type 2 gold coin and dislike the type 2 silver coin, it looks like a cheap generic round and the missing reed is stupid and ugly.
At least it’s better than the Platinum Eagle!
@@2is1gold
Yup they both look like they belong in the “value” bin at the LCS 🤣👍
Unfortunately I don't think we will be getting updated security features without an act of congress :(. I'm not certain about the AGE, but I know in the original legislation creating the ASE, the mint isn't allowed to change the design more than once every 25 years.
Unless the update is being rolled out in waves. The only reason I bring it up is based on the Mint referencing multiple security features when there are none.