US Mint to redesign gold and silver Eagles

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More: https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...er-american-eagles-implement-security-devices

Chinese counterfeits are becoming a real problem. I'm glad to see the US Mint following the Royal Canadian Mint's footsteps.
 
So now the premiums on the 2020 eagles will be higher cause it will be the last year for that design, then of course the 2021 eagles are a brand new design, so higher premiums for those, then after everyone is used to paying higher premiums for new silver so they'll just keep them high. They do the same shit here with EVERY sales tax since I was a kid. They say it will be "temporary" & that after X is paid off in 5 years that tax will go away. Well then in 5 years they find some new toy they want to buy & say, well, we ALREADY have this tax source in place to pay for it, so let's just keep it as is. At least with high premiums I have a choice whether to pay them or not, taxes, not so much.
 
Higher premiums might be indicative of strong demand from collectors (numismatists). I already saw one comment on a numismatic website where someone claimed that 2021 could be an opportunity to get a rare (valuable) mistake coin as they are more commonly issued during the first pressing of a new design. I don't know if that's true or not, but I suspect that plenty of hobbyists will be buying sealed mint tubes/boxes in the hopes of finding some.

It's not clear from the article referenced in the OP is the bullion issues will contain the security features or just a new design. The way the last quoted sentence reads, it seems like the security features will be limited to the proof and collector versions. But it might just be poor wording.
 
Now that Coin Dealers have access to electron scanning devices that can confirm the purity of a gold coin, is it such a big deal if it was made somewhere else ?

Ok its not issued by the US Mint so its value could be just for the gold content but this is kinda what some folk are after, a way to store their hard earned ...........
 
The gold eagle fakes aren't solid gold. They have tungsten or other metal cores. The just have a gold veneer.
 


United States Mint Unveils New American Silver Eagle, Gold Eagle Coin Reverse Designs

New designs will be featured on bullion and collectible coins in 2021 On Thursday, October 1, the United States Mint unveiled new reverse designs
coinweek.com
 
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