This is the most valuable coin in the world – it could be worth almost $19 million!
Daily, millions of coins are exchanged for face value. However, collectors appreciate some more than their advertised value due to their unique qualities.
One side of the coin depicts Liberty standing with a torch in her left hand, an olive branch in her right, 46 stars encircling her, and the Capitol building in the lower left corner.
This is the 1933 Double Eagle
Flipping the coin around shows an eagle flying above the sun's rays with “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “TWENTY DOLLARS” at the top and “IN GOD WE TRUST” at the bottom.
This coin's excessive value stems from its persistence in a historical period when it should have gone.
Why the 1933 Double Eagle can be worth up to $19 million?
Roosevelt issued an executive order outlawing private gold ownership in 1933, ordering residents to surrender their gold
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coins and swap them for other currencies. By the end of the year, double eagles were no longer in circulation.
Despite this, there were a few bits that were able to avoid being melted down. There is now just one of these units that can be legally acquired by an individual in the United States of America.
Two additional specimens are owned by the National Museum of American History, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution Museum.