1933 20 Dollar Gold Coin

Gaudens 20 gold double eagle or 20 piece.

1933 20 dollar gold coin. Gaudens 20 values by year coin varieties and specific grade. After president franklin roosevelt took the nation off the gold standard 445 000 freshly minted 20 coins were melted down. Apmex david lawrence l c coins collectors corner ebay u s. However all except 13 coins dated 1933 were melted and of those 13 only one has been on the market.

We offer common dates in a variety of grades in all types. The 1933 double eagle sold at auction on july 30 2002 for 6 6 million plus the 15 buyer s fee which brought the total cost to the buyer to 7 590 000 plus 20 to monetize the coin and compensate the mint for the 20 it believes it lost when the coin was thought to have been stolen. Prices in usd change. In the case with the copy number on it.

Ebay offers affordable gold double eagles for sale that cover the coin s entire official minting history from 1849 to 1933. Although 445 500 specimens of this saint gaudens double eagle were minted in 1933 none were ever officially circulated and all but two were ordered to be melted down. Mint from 1907 to 1933. But 10 of the 1933 coins disappeared from the philadelphia mint.

Find the current st. The saint gaudens double eagle or 20 gold piece stands above the rest as the single most magnificent coin of this or any era in u s. This is a replica of a famous st. However 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being stolen and found their way into the hands of collectors before later being recovered.

Gaudens 20 1907 1933 shop at. I have a 1933 20 dollar coin 24k gold with platinum on one side. Golden eagle coins prides itself on our selection of us early pre 1933 gold coins. In fact congress has ruled that it is illegal to own a 1933 dated gold piece since president.

Despite its official face value of 20 the coin has achieved a market value far in excess of that. We also offer certified us type gold in various uncirculated grades. E baker july 31 2019 at 3 46 pm. For genuine coins not replicas more than 400 000 were struck.

The coin is named after its designer augustus saint gaudens and is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful u s. I have a copy of one. The saint gaudens 20 double eagle is one of the most sought after gold coins on the market today. These gold pieces were produced by the u s.

As the 1900s dawned augustus saint gaudens was a towering figure in the sphere of american fine arts.