Liberty 1933 Gold Double Eagle Coin By eaforeman5 on Mar 04, 2009 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

This coin is the tribute to the rarest U.S. government coin.It is ten mill pure gold proof. This coin comes with the certificate of authenticity and a small brochure giving you the history of this gold piece. It is radiant in shine with the beautiful Lady Liberty . These have been individualy struck by the National Collector's Mint. Every coin is in collector's proof quality. It is extrodinary in beauty.It was created by America's greatest sculpter. Augustus Saint-Gaudens. This coin has been hailed as the greatest coin ever struck. In 1933, a half a million of these double eagle coins were struck. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president at that time. These coins had never been in circulation. They were stored in vaults. The headlines of the newspaper read, Roosevelt fixes gold embargo. For years, all of the gold coins in America were melted down into yellow bricks. There was a huge story about the secret service and the mystery of the Double Eagle Coin.