1933 $20 St. Gaudens Gold Replica Coin
When President Roosevelt ordered the return of all gold coinage to the Treasury, the entire legal tender mintage of 1933 $20 Gold Pieces was supposedly melted down. Then in early 1944, the Egyptian government applied for an export license for a 1933 $20 Gold Piece to be placed in the extensive collection of King Farouk. The application was mistakenly approved and the “coin which didn’t exist” was sent to Egypt. Fifty years later it was brought to the U.S. for sale and promptly seiz (more…)


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