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322:, none were ever officially circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. 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. Nine of the recovered coins were destroyed, making this one of the world's rarest coins, with only 13 known specimens remaining—only one of which is privately owned, which is known as the Weitzman Specimen. Because the coin was never released to the public, it is illegal to privately own any of the 1933 double eagles, with the exception of the Weitzman Specimen. The 534:, he insisted the double eagle had come from the collection of King Farouk, though this could not be verified. Criminal charges against Fenton were subsequently dropped, and he defended his ownership of the coin in civil court. The civil case was settled in 2001 when it was agreed that ownership of the double eagle would revert to the United States government, and the coin could then legally be sold at auction to the highest-bidding private owner. The United States Treasury issued a unique document to "issue and monetize" the coin, thereby making it a legal-tender gold coin in the United States. 721: 635:), any recovered 1933 double eagle, as gold bullion, was required to be melted. Therefore, while double eagles recovered prior to 1974 were melted down, any double eagle recovered now can be spared this fate. Currently, with the exception of the one sold on July 30, 2002, 1933 double eagle coins cannot be the legal possession of any member of the public, as they were never issued and hence remain the property of the United States government. 735: 557:, and an additional $ 20 needed to "monetize" the face value of the coin so it would become legal currency. This brought the final sale price to $ 7,590,020.00, almost twice the previous record for a coin. Half the bid price was to be delivered to the United States Treasury, plus the $ 20 to monetize the coin, while Stephen Fenton was entitled to the other half. The auction took less than nine minutes. 707: 616:
been legally obtained. The mint began striking double eagles on March 15, and Roosevelt's executive order to ban them was not finalized until April 5. On March 6, 1933, the Secretary of the Treasury ordered the Director of the Mint to pay gold only under license issued by the Secretary, and the United States Mint cashier's daily statements do not reflect that any 1933 double eagles were paid out.
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world have advanced an argument that Switt could have legally obtained the 1933 coins when he was exchanging gold bullion for coins. Although the Mint records clearly show that no 1933 double eagles were issued, there were allegedly three weeks in March 1933 when new double eagles could possibly have
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became aware of their existence. The matter came to the attention of mint officials when an investigative reporter looked into the history of the coins he had spotted in an upcoming Stack's Bowers coin auction and contacted the Mint as part of his research. As a result, an official investigation into
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as a party to the theft who admitted selling the first nine double eagles recovered a half-century earlier. In September 2004, the coins' ostensible owner, Joan Switt Langbord, voluntarily surrendered the 10 coins to the Secret Service. In July 2005, the coins were authenticated by the United States
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Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or before May 1, 1933, to a Federal Reserve bank or a branch or agency thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates now owned by them or coming into their ownership on or before
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These two coins should have been the only 1933 double eagle coins in existence. However, unknown to the mint, a number of the coins (20 have been recovered so far) were stolen, possibly by the U.S. Mint cashier, and found their way via Philadelphia jeweler Israel Switt into the hands of collectors.
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released a 20-page decision regarding claims to the coins by descendants of Israel Switt, leading to a trial in July 2011. On July 20, 2011, after a ten-day trial, a jury ruled unanimously in favor of the United States government concerning ownership of the ten additional double eagles. The court
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During the first year of the investigation, seven coins were seized or voluntarily turned in to the Secret Service and were subsequently destroyed at the Mint; an eighth coin was recovered the following year and met the same fate. In 1945, the investigation identified the alleged thief and his
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on their August 21, 2017 visit to the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. The Freedom of Information Act document released after their visit references the coins as "ten (10) '1933 Double Eagle' gold coins recently returned to the custody of the Mint."
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concluded that circumstantial evidence proved that Israel Switt had illegally obtained the coins from the United States government and that they are thus still government property. The decision was affirmed on August 29, 2012, and the plaintiffs planned to appeal.
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In August 2005, the United States Mint announced the recovery of ten additional stolen 1933 double eagle gold coins from the family of Philadelphia jeweler Israel Switt, the illicit coin dealer identified by the
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was issued before Roosevelt's withdrawal order, so they may be legally owned by private citizens. However, it is estimated that no more than 40 exist, the rest having been melted, making them exceptionally rare.
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the matter was launched by the Secret Service in March 1944. Prior to the investigation, a Texas dealer sold one of the coins to a foreign buyer, and it left the U.S. on February 29, 1944.
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In 1996, a double eagle surfaced again after over 40 years of obscurity, when British coin dealer Stephen Fenton was arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents during a
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On July 30, 2002, the 1933 double eagle was sold to an anonymous bidder at a Stacks Bowers auction held in New York for $ 6.6 million, plus a 15-percent
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in 1934, which outlawed the circulation and private possession of United States gold coins for general circulation, with an exemption for
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auction scheduled for June 2021. The coin was cataloged as Lot 1 in Sotheby's June 8, 2021 auction, and sold that day for $ 18,872,250.
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complaint within 90 days of the family's seized asset claim. This order was reversed on July 28, 2015, and in October 2015, an
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for a single U.S. coin. The coin sold again to an anonymous buyer at auction in June 2021 for US$ 18.9 million, making it the
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accomplice, Switt, who admitted to selling the nine (located) coins, but said he could not recall how he obtained them. The
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When the coin was seized, it was transferred to a holding place believed to be safe: the treasury vaults of the
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The 2002 buyer remained anonymous for nearly two decades, until March 2021, when it was revealed in a
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7.59 million (equivalent to $ 12.2 million as of 2022) —the second-highest price paid at
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at Fort Knox, and the one remaining recovered coin was sold in 2002 to private collector
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is said to investigate reports of the existence of other specimens that come to light.
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According to various accounts, Israel Switt had many contacts and friends within the
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in the United States, and people had to turn in their gold coins for other forms of
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delayed their efforts for several years. In 1952, King Farouk was deposed in a
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The Double Eagle: the history of the $ 20 United States Gold Coin 1849–1933
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Illegal tender: gold, greed, and the mystery of the lost 1933 Double Eagle
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ordered the coins returned to the Langbord family because the original
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was conducted improperly, as the government failed to file a judicial
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The coins circulated among collectors for several years before the
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signed legislation that again made it legal for the public to own
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Double Eagle: the epic story of the world's most valuable coin
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The 1933 double eagles were viewed by U.S. Treasury Secretary
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had passed. A ninth coin was recovered and destroyed in 1952.
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Farouk-Fenton 1933 Double Eagle Sets New World Record Price!
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On October 28, 2010, United States District Court judge
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20-dollar gold coin. Although 445,500 specimens of this
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April 28, 1933, with the exception of the following:
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