However 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being stolen and found their way into the hands of collectors before later being recovered.
1933 twenty dollar gold coin.
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The saint gaudens 20 double eagle is one of the most sought after gold coins on the market today.
Mint from 1907 to 1933.
Gaudens 20 gold double eagle or 20 piece.
1933 liberty copy gold tone us coin capsule nice.
The coin is named after its designer augustus saint gaudens and is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful u s.
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The 1933 double eagle is a united states 20 dollar gold coin.
This is a replica of a famous st.
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The 1933 double eagle sold at auction on july 30 2002 for 6 6 million plus the 15 buyer s fee which brought the total cost to the buyer to 7 590 000 plus 20 to monetize the coin and compensate the mint for the 20 it believes it lost when the coin was thought to have been stolen.
A double eagle is a gold coin of the united states with a denomination of 20.
But 10 of the 1933 coins disappeared from the philadelphia mint.
However all except 13 coins dated 1933 were melted and of those 13 only one has been on the market.
Despite its official face value of 20 the coin has achieved a market value far in excess of that.
We carry the pre 1933 2 50 5 and 10 us gold coins collection as.
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 to be melted down.
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These gold pieces were produced by the u s.
Ebay offers affordable gold double eagles for sale that cover the coin s entire official minting history from 1849 to 1933.
1933 saint gaudens 24k gold plated 20 dollar coin copy encased 282032 109086.
Its gold content of 0 9675 troy oz 30 0926 grams was worth 20 at the 1849 official price of 20 67 oz the coins are made from a 90 gold 0 900 fine 21 6 kt and 10 copper alloy and have a total weight of 1 0750 troy ounces 33 4362 grams.
Gold coin 1933 20 gold coin lady liberty double eagle copy i 09782.
In fact congress has ruled that it is illegal to own a 1933 dated gold piece since president.
After president franklin roosevelt took the nation off the gold standard 445 000 freshly minted 20 coins were melted down.