ORNEMENT EN CÉRAMIQUE 1933

The 1933 Double Eagle (20 dollars d'or aux États-Unis) currently holds the record for the highest price paid auction for a single U.S. coin. 445,500 specimens of this Double Eagle were minted in 1933, but no specimens specimens ever officially circulated and nearly all were down, due to the discontinuance of the domestic gold standard en 1933. En 1944, King Farouk of Egypt purchased the 1933 Double Eagle. On July 30, 2002, the 1933 Double Eagle Que sold to in anonymous bidder at a Sotheby's auction held in New York for 6,6 millions de dollars, plus 15 percent buyer's premium, et additional 20 needed to "monetize" the face value of the coin so it would become legal currency, bring the final sale price to $7,590,020,00