Gold Double Eagle Coins
Gold Double Eagle coins have a denomination value of $20. The coin is not really 100% gold. It is really composed of 90% gold and 10% copper alloy. Fancy that.
The eagle in the common arrangement is sometimes assumed to be a nickname, but that is not the case. It is not mere colloquialism that gave this coin the title of Double Eagle. An official Act of Congress established them as the eagle, half-eagle, and quarter-eagle, respectively. The official act was called An Act establishing a Mint, and regulation Coins of the United States.
The Double Eagle itself was particularly made in its own act called An Act to authorize the Coinage of Gold Dollars and Double Eagles.
The first Double Eagle was made more than 150 years ago in 1849. It coincided with the epitome of the California Gold Rush.
People were avid to buy the Double Eagle coins so they could take some small part in the frenzy of the California Gold Rush. Congress capitalized on national attention of the California Gold Rush to release some stunning gold coins.
The first two coins were minted as waterproof. The first was gifted to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, and the second was given to the treasury desk at the time whose name was William M. Meredith. It was then sold as part of his estate. A year later, in 1850, official production started, and it went in anticipation of 1933, lasting 83 years. In 1850, the Double Eagle would have been worth about $520 of purchasing power today.
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 Very Nice 1851 $1 gold piece  US $147.50
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 ESTATE LOT OF SILVER GOLD CURRENCY MINT PROOF SETS PCGS NGC COINS US $69.99
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 2012 P Star Spangle Banner Dollar NGC PF70 UC Early Releases Flag Label US $88.01
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 StGauden $20 Mini Gold Coin US $.99
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 StGauden $20 Mini Gold Coin US $.99
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 StGauden $20 Mini Gold Coin US $.99
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 KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR MEMORIAL HALF DOLLAR US $6.30
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 UNSEARCHED PENNY ROLL RARE WHEAT INDIAN HEAD MERC DIME US $9.99
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 2003 $5 1 10TH OUNCE NGC MS 69 GEM BU GOLD AMERICAN EAGLE US $179.51
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There are two major types of Double Eagles today, and there are six varieties of the two types all together. There is the Liberty Head (Coronet) that was produced from 1849 to 1907 and the Saint Gaudens that was produced from 1907 to 1933. About 10 years ago, one Double Eagle was auctioned off for about $7 million dollars. These Double Eagles are highly valuable today because Franklin D. Roosevelt made them illegal to own, stopped all coinage of gold, and made the metal illegal to own. Finding them now is very hard, and they are very rare. There were some burglaries to attain the coins from the federal government, and some were recovered over the years, but some are still missing. The Libery Head had no motto, and neither did the Saint Gaudens, but the Saint Gaudens had Arabic numerals, which is a distinguishing feature.
