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  2. Executive Order 6102 - Wikipedia

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    Executive Order 6102 also led to the extreme rarity of the 1933 Double Eagle gold coin. The order caused all gold coin production to cease and all 1933 minted coins to be destroyed. About 20 such coins were stolen, leading to an outstanding US Secret Service warrant for arrest and confiscation of the coins. [8]

  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; further, all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being ...

  4. Gold Reserve Act - Wikipedia

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    The increase in gold reserves increased the money supply, lowering real interest rates which in turn increased investment in durable goods. A year earlier, in 1933, Executive Order 6102 had made it a criminal offense for U.S. citizens to own or trade gold anywhere in the world, with exceptions for some jewelry and collector's coins. These ...

  5. Gold Investing: The 1933 Gold Coin That’s Illegal To Own and ...

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    From the legendary 1933 gold coin to the complexities of modern gold ownership laws, understanding these aspects is essential for anyone involved in gold investing.

  6. Gold Clause Cases - Wikipedia

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    The Gold Clause Cases were a series of actions brought before the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the court narrowly upheld the Roosevelt administration's adjustment of the gold standard in response to the Great Depression.

  7. Metal detectorists searching forest stumble on mysterious ...

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    The U.S. government made several different gold coins between 1795 and 1933, according to an article by the United States Mint. These included a $2.50 quarter eagle coin, $5 half eagle coin, $10 ...

  8. Nazi gold - Wikipedia

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    Some gold was taken from Holocaust victims, though Eizenstat points out there is no evidence the SNB knew of this as the gold had been molded into bars. [9] A Swiss commission headed by historian and economist Jean-François Bergier estimated that the SNB received $440m ($8b 2020) in gold from Nazi sources, of which $316m ($5.8b in 2020) is ...

  9. '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 ...