Ebay offers affordable gold double eagles for sale that cover the coin s entire official minting history from 1849 to 1933.
Twenty dollar gold coin 1933 value.
Before the united states government halted production of circulation strike gold coins 445 500 1933 dated double eagles were produced.
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.
While that is only a 74 year span more than one hundred different types of 20 gold coins exist when you factor in all of the different denominations designs and mint marks.
Its gold content of 0 9675 troy oz 30 0926 grams was worth 20 at the 1849 official price of 20 67 oz the coins are made from a 90 gold 0 900 fine 21 6 kt and 10 copper alloy and have a total weight of 1 0750 troy ounces 33 4362 grams.
But 10 of the 1933 coins disappeared from the philadelphia mint.
Rare 20 gold coin value guide.
20 gold double eagle denominational 2 coin set ms 62.
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Size weight and metal content of the gold double eagle.
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.
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The 1933 double eagle is a united states 20 dollar gold coin.
The coin prices and values for gold 20 double eagle.
1877 1907 random year liberty head twenty dollar ngc ms 62.
The last year that the mint made 20 gold coins for circulation was 1933.
1910 s saint gaudens twenty dollar ngc ms 62.
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A double eagle is a gold coin of the united states with a denomination of 20.
1908 d saint gaudens no motto twenty dollar ngc ms 62.
After president franklin roosevelt took the nation off the gold standard 445 000 freshly minted 20 coins were melted down.
1881 s gold 20 twenty dollar double eagle pcgs ms61 toughcoins.
1933 double eagle 20 dollar gold piece replica pendant brookstone.
Twenty dollar gold coins were first issued by the united states mint in 1849.
The value of a saint gaudens 20 coin can vary significantly based on the coin s mint year and overall condition.
Despite its official face value of 20 the coin has achieved a market value far in excess of that.
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