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  2. Double eagle - Wikipedia

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    A double eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. [1] (Its gold content of 0.9675 troy ounces [30.09 g] was worth $20 at the 1849 official price of $20.67/ozt.) The coins are 34 mm × 2 mm and are made from a 90% gold (0.900 fine or 21.6 kt) and 10% copper alloy and have a total weight of 1.0750 troy ounces (1.1794 ...

  3. 1933 double eagle - Wikipedia

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    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 in the midst of the Great Depression, [1] none were ever officially circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being ...

  4. Saint-Gaudens double eagle - Wikipedia

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    The double eagle continued to be struck until May. On December 28, 1933, Acting Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau ordered Americans to turn in all gold coins and gold certificates, with limited exceptions, receiving paper money in payment. [50] Millions of gold coins were melted down by the Treasury in the following years.

  5. 'Pawn Stars:' Why a rare coin worth six figures sold for much ...

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    On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...

  6. 4 Coins From the 1920s That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    1921 St. Gaudens $20 Double Eagle: $1.25 Million. ... As of December 2024, a 1920 Indian Head Gold Coin in circulated condition is worth between $20,000 and $75,000. But that value rises to as ...

  7. Liberty Head double eagle - Wikipedia

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    Under the Mint Act of 1792, the largest-denomination coin was the gold eagle, or ten-dollar piece. [2] Also struck were a half eagle ($5) and quarter eagle ($2.50). [3] Bullion flowed out of the United States for economic reasons for much of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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