American Coin Treasures 1933 P $20 Gold Double Eagle $20 American Mint State

Tribute Proof of the World's Most Expensive Coin - 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 Gold Double Eagle. Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ magnificent $20 Gold Piece from 1933 recently sold at auction for an incredible $7.59 million! To honor the landmark Gold coin this Collector’s Proof is minted under the strictest quality standards and struck multiple times for razor sharp design details and a brilliant finish. Each Proof has been layered with over a mila-inch of pure 24K Gold and bears the historic 1933 date. This coin is a copy-replica. It is composed of brass and layered with 24kt gold. A handful of 1933 Double Eagles exists today but the Mint asserts that ownership is illegal because they were removed without authorization from the Mint. Thus in the few instances when the genuine coins have appeared on the open market they have been subject to seizure by the U.S. government. However in 2001 the U.S. government reached an agreement with the owners of the \"Farouk-Fenton\" specimen of the 1933 Doub