United States 1933 Double Eagle $20 Gold Coin
The
1933 double eagle $20 gold coin is one of American Numismatics’ most notorious coins. Only one surviving specimen was ever monetized and made legal to own, yet an uncertain number of examples still exist.
When the
United States made the controversial decision in 1933 to suspend the gold standard that it had based its monetary policy on since the turn of the 20th century, most double eagles dated that year were summarily melted down. It was an ignoble end for the most spectacular of all American coin designs.
That American sculptor
Augustus Saint-Gaudens would have a hand in creating that design and remaking American coinage was no easy accomplishment. The world-renowned sculptor, venerated in his time and even more so sense, had a serious distaste for the Mint’s bureaucracy and an even lesser opinion of its chief engraver. He turned down more commissions than he could possibly accept. Commissions with even better terms. A
1822 coin worth $5 million+ to be auctioned
There are only three known specimens of the 1822 half eagle.
COSTA MESA, CA
.-Stacks Bowers Galleries will present at public auction the finest known 1822 half eagle, the D. Brent Pogue Collection coin. It is a legendary American treasure, the only example in private hands of what is acknowledged as the key to a collection of American gold coins. This exceptional coin will be featured in the firms March 23-26, 2021 auction in Las Vegas, Nevada.
There are only three known specimens of the 1822 half eagle. Certified as AU-50 by PCGS, the Pogue coin is the finest of the three. As for opportunities to purchase an example of this date, they are just as rare. There have been only two occasions in American numismatic history in which an 1822 half eagle has sold at auction! They were:
Landmark 1822 Half Eagle to be Offered in Stack’s Bowers March 2021 Auction
finest known 1822 half eagle, the
D. Brent Pogue Collection coin. It is a legendary American treasure, the only example in private hands of what is acknowledged as the key to a collection of American gold coins. This exceptional coin will be featured in the firm’s March 23-26, 2021 auction in
Las Vegas,
There are only three known specimens of the 1822 half eagle. Certified as AU-50 by
PCGS, the Pogue coin is the finest of the three. As for opportunities to purchase an example of this date, they are just as rare. There have been only two occasions in American numismatic history in which an 1822 half eagle has sold at auction: in 1906 at the
United States 1870-S $3 Gold Coin
A great numismatic rarity was interred in the northeast cornerstone of the second
San Francisco Mint on May 25, 1870, during a Masonic ceremony covered by the press. Struck especially for the event using modified dies, the
1870-S $3 gold coin joined a number of other extraordinary numismatic rarities in a copper casket in the new facility’s cornerstone, ostensibly out of collectors’ reach. The facility was completed in 1874 and would go on to serve the western region of the nation’s coinage needs until 1937.
In 1907, almost four decades after the cornerstone was laid, a
second 1870-S $3 gold coin was offered in an ad published in
Heritage to Offer Finest Known 1796 No Pole Half Cent at FUN Auction
Heritage Auctions is proud to offer the finest known
The year 1796 is important in the history of the first
Philadelphia Mint and some collectors have made a specialty of 1796-dated coinage. It is the first year that every authorized denomination of U.S. coinage was produced, from the half cent to the eagle.
There are two dates among circulation-strike half cents that stand out as rarities among all others. Those dates are 1796 and 1831, although many consider the
1831 as a Proof-only issue. However, there is no doubt that the 1796 is a circulation-strike issue, and that date stands alone as the legendary rarity among all half cents.