A rare "double eagle" coin was recently sold at an auction ... Known as the coin that took the US off the Gold Standard, 1933 Double Eagles were the last American gold coins struck and intended ...

The 1804 Plain 4 Draped Bust Eagle is an ultra-rare early federal gold proof ... the 1861 Double Eagle from the Philadelphia ...

That’s because the United States has been minting coins since 1793. Up until the 20th century, many coins were composed of basic metals like gold and silver — that is, until gold was banned ...

Numismatics is the study of coins, medals and banknotes that help to understand historical events and past times, and their collection has now become an activity that is not only v ...

The first design to emerge was for the double ... new coin was struck in huge numbers from 1907 until 1933. Then, with the Great Depression at its height, the United States ceased minting gold ...