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17 Jan 2017

1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle

Coins-United States | Manole19

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.

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14 Jan 2017

Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins 1722-1989

Coins-United States | Manole19

Heres is the link if anyone wants to look over this great book.

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