The double-headed eagle gold coin (Double Eagle) in denominations of $ 20 was released in America in 1933. Total U.S. Mint coins were minted 445,500 copies of this coin. In the midst of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt issued an order to buy out the population of all the gold coins Double Eagle, and to speed up the process, the price of a twenty per coin was set at 2.5 times its cost. In 1937, all the two-headed eagles were melted down for gold bullion. Today it is difficult to say exactly how much gold Double Eagle coins saved. In 1933, two coins were officially transferred to the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Institute). It is also assumed that 20 coins were stolen during melting. Gold Coins Double Eagle - a legend of modern numismatics, now it is known only to the thirteen survivors . 2002 only one double eagle coin was sold at auction in the United States at a fabulous price of $ 7.6 million - the most expensive coin in the world, selling which took place in an auction. Only one double-headed eagle is now in private hands - all the other surviving copies of the Double Eagle owned. In the summer of 2012 rare coins of the world was presented at an exhibition in London. This is one of those very two coins which in 1933 were transferred to the U.S. Mint Smithsonian.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:33:01 +0000
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