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Verdict...'33 Double Eagles

Postby Morsecode » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:30 pm

And so the current owner of the King Farouk specimen, the only legal tender '33 double eagle, will see his coin maintain it's Unique status.

http://www.coinworld.com/articles/1933- ... -a-conclu/
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Re: Verdict...'33 Double Eagles

Postby Treetop » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:40 pm

so sad.... what are they going to do with them? melt them? :cry:
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Re: Verdict...'33 Double Eagles

Postby twentybux » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:14 pm

Ahhhhhhh the guberment. Could you really expect anything else?
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Re: Verdict...'33 Double Eagles

Postby Know Common Cents » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:30 pm

Guess that means I'll have to sit on my ten '33 Saints for another generation. Shhhhhhhhhhhh............don't tell anyone I have them. OK?
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Re: Verdict...'33 Double Eagles

Postby Morsecode » Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:39 pm

Treetop wrote:so sad.... what are they going to do with them? melt them? :cry:


Good question. I believe the Smithsonian already has an example, given by the Mint back in the '30s. My guess is that a few will go on tour making the national coin show circuit for a couple years, then join the rest of them in their own little perpetual limbo at Ft. Knox.

Wouldn't at all surprise me if one or two turn up missing in the future.
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