 The 1933 Double Eagle, Saint Gaudens' design A Double Eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. Although the "eagle"-based nomenclature for gold U.S. coinage is often assumed to be merely slang, the "eagle," "half-eagle" and "quarter-eagle" were specifically given these names in the Act of Congress that originally authorized them ("An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating Coins of the United States", section 9, April 2, 1792). Likewise, the Double Eagle was specifically created as such by name ("An Act to authorize the Coinage of Gold Dollars and Double Eagles", title and section 1, March 3, 1849). Duplicate of the rare 1933 Double Eagle coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Duplicate of the rare 1933 Double Eagle coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Jump to: navigation, search General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ...
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The first double eagle was minted in 1849, coinciding with the California Gold Rush. In that year, the mint produced one piece, which now resides in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. In 1850 regular production began. Prior to that time, Eagles with a denomination of $10, were the largest denomination US coin with production beginning in 1795, just two years after the first U.S. mint opened. Since the $20 gold piece had twice the value of the "eagle," these coins became designated "double eagles". Jump to: navigation, search Gold rush handbill The California Gold Rush was a period in American history marked by mass hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California. ...
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Regular issue double eagles come in two major and five minor types as follows:
- Liberty Coronet With No Motto 1849-1866
- Liberty Coronet Twenty D. 1866-1876
- Liberty Coronet with Motto 1877-1907
- Saint Gaudens High Relief Roman Numerals 1907
- Saint Gaudens Arabic Numerals 1907-1932
There are other extremely rare types of St. Gaudens double eagles, minted in 1907. The current value of these coins is over $100,000. 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
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The Saint Gaudens' double eagle is named for the designer, Augustus St. Gaudens, one of the premier sculptors in American history. Theodore Roosevelt imposed upon him in his last few years to redesign the coinage of the nation at the beginning of the 20th century. St. Gaudens' work on the high relief $20 gold piece is one of the most extraordinary pieces of art on any American coin. It is truly breathtaking. Even in the flattened down version that the mint finally insisted upon, it is a beautiful coin. The high relief coin took up to eleven strikes to bring up the details. Working as hard as they could, they only managed to strike 11,250 of these wonderful pieces of art in 1907. Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 _ Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish-French American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ...
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In the summer of 2002, a double eagle dated 1933 was auctioned off for over $7 million US dollars. This shattered the old record of just over $4 million dollars paid at a public auction for a coin. This is a unique piece in that it is the only 1933 double eagle the U.S. government has deemed legal to own. Of course, other dates of double eagles are legal to own. Even illegal copies of the 1933 double eagle would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it would be illegal for a U.S. coin dealer to broker a deal with one of these coins. There is no other date of double eagle that is worth a significant fraction of this extraordinary coin. In fact a complete uncirculated set of all other St. Gauden's double eagles could be put together for just over a million dollars including the extremely rare proof prototypes. Without these rare patterns, the set would be less than $50,000. Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
(Redirected from 1933 U.S. 20 dollar gold coin) The 1933 Double Eagle The 1933 US 20 dollar gold coin (known as the double eagle) exists only in very small numbers. ...
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The St. Gaudens obverse design was reused in the American Eagle gold bullion coins that were instituted in 1986. Jump to: navigation, search 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Liberty Coronet $20 gold pieces are less often encountered, and the common subtype commands less than the St. Gaudens' type, due to the less desirable artwork and therefore lower demand. In 1877, the motto "In God We Trust" was added to the Liberty Coronet double eagle creating another subtype. In God We Trust on the twenty dollar bill In God We Trust is a national motto of the United States of America. ...
Current Events In August of 2005, the United States Mint recovered ten unauthorized 1933 Double Eagle coins from a private collector who had contacted the United States Mint to facilitate their surrender. Joan S. Langbord has claimed that she inherited the coins from her father, a suspect in the original theft, but is now planning a federal suit to recover the coins after her hopes of recieving monetary compensation from the federal government were not realized. The Mint has stated an intention to save the coins for display. Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ...
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