Heath West

Heath West

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Rare Gold Coin Auctions For More Than $18M

By Heath West
Sotheby's Auction Of The Three Treasures - Collected By Stuart Weitzman - Press Preview

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 11: The only privately owned 1933 Double Eagle 20-dollar gold coin is on display at Sotheby's during a press preview for Sotheby's Auction Of The Three Treasures - Collected By Stuart Weitzman on March 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)Photo: Getty Images

Sports trading cards may be all the rage right now, but they don’t hold a candle to a 1933 Double Eagle Coin.

The gold U.S. coin, which is actually a prototype as it was never actually minted by the United States Treasury, was just sold at auction for $18.8 million.

This was to be the last U.S. gold coin “intended for circulation,” but that never happened. Instead, it is now one of “the most coveted coins in the world.”

Read more HERE.

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