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Anyone found a Gold Eagle American coin dated 1933?
- Thread starter nugget71
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utmike
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The Secret Service found one (a 1933 St. Gaudens $20) at the Waldorf in NYC in 1996. Agents posing as coin dealers seized the only one known to be outstanding out of ten not destroyed. When gold was called in during 1933 by President Roosevelt, these coins were recalled and never issued. Ten stolen ones got out, nine were recovered and one stayed missing. It was believed that Egypt's King Barouk had it in his private collection. After years of court battle, the coin was put up for auction in 2002.
their are 2 33,s out there, one is with the Oil Barron, last year a family had a few of these and came forward with them and wanted them authenticated with the mint,turned them over and the secrete service took them, last I heard it was going to court, there father had these coins and sold a couple, years ago. and he was investigated back then. Ibelieve this was in the 40's, no one knows how he recived them. I don't remember how many they had. thinking 8, how can the government take these when they left 2 out there legally ?