Enthusiastic coin collectors eagerly vied for the rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin during the auction on Tuesday. The 1870 $20 gold coin, minted in Carson City, Nevada, fetched $1.44 million at ...
He persuaded the leading American sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to undertake the task. The first design to emerge was for the double eagle ... On the edge of the coin is the motto E PLURIBUS ...
The coin has an image of Liberty on one side and an American eagle on the other A 1933 US gold coin has been sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York City for a record $18.9m (£13.4m). With a face ...
An American silver coin dating back to the 17th ... Meanwhile, a rare 1933 “Double Eagle” coin, one of the last gold coins ever struck for circulation in the US, sold for $18.9 million in ...