Enthusiastic coin collectors eagerly vied for the rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin during the auction on Tuesday. The 1870 $20 gold coin, minted in Carson City, Nevada, fetched $1.44 million at ...

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

The 1933 Double Eagle is the last gold coin ever minted as U.S. currency. Hundreds of thousands were struck, but none ever ...