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2. Double eagle - Wikipedia

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   Likewise, the double eagle was created by the Coinage Act of 1849. [3] Since the $20 gold piece had twice the value of the eagle, these coins were designated "double eagles". Before, the most valuable American coin was the $10 gold eagle, first produced in 1795, two years after the United States Mint opened. [4]

3. Saint-Gaudens double eagle - Wikipedia

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   Design discontinued. 1933. The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin, or double eagle, produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who designed the obverse and reverse. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful of U.S. coins.

4. 1933 double eagle - Wikipedia

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   Double eagle ($20.00) 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 ...

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. The rare double eagle gold coins: Was grandpa a thief, or a ...

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   However, a few of the 1933 Saint Gaudens double eagles (as the coins later came to be known) survived, largely through the efforts of Israel Switt, a Philadelphia jewelry dealer.

7. List of most expensive coins - Wikipedia

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   Quarter Eagle, No Stars MS-62+ United States Simpson, Bass, Dannreuther Heritage Auctions January 2022 $2,160,000 1927-D Saint-Gaudens double eagle: United States Dr. Steven Duckor Heritage Auctions [43] January 2020 $2,160,000 1854-S $5 Liberty Half Eagle: United States Heritage Auctions [44] August 2018 $2,160,000 1928 Pattern "Mukden Tiger ...

8. Liberty Head double eagle - Wikipedia

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   Heraldic eagle. Type I. The Liberty Head double eagle or Coronet double eagle is an American twenty-dollar gold piece struck as a pattern coin in 1849, and for commerce from 1850 to 1907. It was designed by Mint of the United States Chief Engraver James B. Longacre. The largest denomination of United States coin authorized by the Mint Act of ...

9. Eagle (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   The eagle is a United States $10 gold coin issued by the United States Mint from 1795 to 1933. The eagle was the largest of the five main decimal base-units of denomination used for circulating coinage in the United States prior to 1933, the year when gold was withdrawn from circulation. These five main base-units of denomination were the mill ...