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Rare 'Double Eagle' Coin Sells for $1.4 Million at Auction
Enthusiastic coin collectors eagerly vied for the rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin during the auction on Tuesday. The 1870 $20 gold coin, minted in Carson City, Nevada, fetched $1.44 million at ...
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10 of the Most Valuable US Gold Coins
In 2007, one of the finest examples of the 13 to 15 known 1907 Saint-Gaudens Ultra High Relief $20 Double Eagle gold coins sold for $1.84 million — and the collector who bought it turned a ...
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NEW DOUBLE EAGLE DIE.; Date Upon the Coin to be in Figures Instead of Roman Numerals.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. -- To-morrow, being the last day in 1907, will be the last day the Mint at Philadelphia can make the twenty-dollar Roosevelt-St. Gaudens coins from the original die.
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'Most expensive coin ever' sold for £13.3million - but there's only one you can legally own
When President Franklin D Roosevelt assumed office that year, he prohibited gold possession, including coins like the Double Eagle. Experts believe these coins were never issued and instead melted ...