Your Money in Transition

Obverse and reverse of a 1933
 Saint-Gaudens double Eagle. 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ($20 gold coin). These are the last of the long series of U.S. gold coins produced in various denominations since 1792. Over 400,000 of these were struck during the first quarter of 1933, but none were released into circulation. All were supposed to have been melted down except for two reserved for the Smithsonian Institution. Today three are known to exist.