Talk about a market disconnect: This morning, the US Mint was offering platinum coins at $2,345 per ounce. But here's where it gets wild—just half an hour later at 6:30 AM ET, spot platinum prices broke above that exact level. By mid-morning (10:15 AM ET), prices had climbed to $2,470 per ounce. Yet the government continued selling those coins at the original price point. It's a textbook example of how static pricing gets out of sync with dynamic markets. The arbitrage opportunity was right there, but the Mint kept offering coins at a rate that no longer reflected the real market value of the metal. This kind of price lag between official channels and live markets is exactly why traders watch these inefficiencies so closely.