The coin, the only 1933 Double Eagle ever allowed to be privately owned, was expected to sell for between $10 million and $15 million at the Sotheby's auction. It was sold by shoe designer and ...

In the world of numismatics, certain coins stand out not just for their historical significance but also for their staggering ...

The Double Eagle coin is one of the most iconic and valuable coins in American history. First minted in 1849, it is a $20 gold coin that played a crucial role in U.S. commerce during the 19th and ...

One of the last gold coins ever struck for circulation in the US sold for a record $18.9 million in New York on Tuesday. The exceptionally rare 1933 “Double Eagle” is now the most valuable coin ever ...

It’s taken nearly a decade, but there’s finally a new world’s most expensive coin—the 1933 Double Eagle. Footwear designer Stuart Weitzman’s famous gold coin sold for an astonishing $18.9 million at a ...

The most valuable coin in the world sits in the lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in lower Manhattan. It’s Exhibit 18E, secured in a bulletproof glass case with an alarm system and an ...

In 1933, the federal government minted gold $20 "double eagle" coins, but didn't release them. Roy Langbord found a stash of them. The Mint authenticated them, and then seized them as stolen. Alison ...

A jeweler's heirs are fighting the United States government for the right to keep a batch of rare and valuable "Double Eagle" $20 coins that date back to the Franklin Roosevelt administration. It's ...

Fashion mogul Stuart Weitzman’s 1933 Double Eagle gold coin shattered auction records for the world’s most valuable coin at Sotheby’s New York on Tuesday morning. The rare coin, the only of its kind ...

Jury rules "double eagle" coins are the property of the U.S. Treasury. July 21, 2011 -- Ten rare $20 gold coins that could have been worth more than $40 million to a Philadelphia family are the ...

June 8 (Reuters) - A 1933 Double Eagle gold coin sold for a record-setting $18.9 million at auction in New York on Tuesday, and the world's rarest stamp went for $8.3 million. The coin, the only 1933 ...