In the past three decades, the field of gold and silver bullion coins has exploded. In the 1970’s, there were a few issuers of gold bullion coins, but by the end of the 1980’s there was a playing field with a huge number of mints issuing both gold and silver bullion coins. For the most part, silver bullion coins were one-ounce pieces, while the gold bullion offerings spanned from a high of one-ounce down to a low of 1/10-ounce pieces. An entire generation of collectors has come up with these coins and find them to be as normal as any other coin series. But even the bullion coin market is now seeing some changes and expansions. Let’s look at a few of the bullion coins that are not as popular as gold and silver.
Platinum
Platinum is a relatively new metal when it comes to elements on the Periodic Table. While much of it comes from South Africa today, where it
