1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle
The 1933 double eagle is a United States 20-dollar gold coin. Although 445,500 specimens of this Saint-Gaudens double eagle were minted in 1933, none were ever officially circulated and all but two were ordered melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being stolen, and found their way into the hands of collectors. 19 of these were subsequently recovered by the Secret Service, who destroyed nine of them, making this one of the world's rarest coins.
The two intentionally spared coins are in the U.S. National Numismatic Collection, one is in the hands of a private owner who paid US$7.59 million for it in 2002–the second-highest price paid at auction for a single U.S. coin–and ten others are held in Fort Knox.
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user_7180
Level 5
Interesting history behind this coin!
user_43369
Level 4
Simply beautiful probably the best looking coin
Mike
Level 7
Think I've seen that picture before to I'm going rtf o check.
The Coin Student
Level 5
Thanks for the post. These 1933 Double Eagles are the stuff of legends and myths. I wrote a blog on this several months ago. Here's the link to that blog: https://www.money.org/my-ana/viewpost/3594
CoinLady
Level 6
Wonderful coin, a piece of US history. I saw the 10, on display at a WFOM. I saw the 2 in the Smithsonian. I wonder if any more are in hiding?
Mike
Level 7
I y think I read this in the new magazine.
Mike
Level 7
Sorry about the spelling but you get the idea.
Conan Barbarian
Level 5
the new issue of the numismatic magazine has something about this