Illegal Tender Gold, Greed, and the Mystery of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle

Name: Illegal Tender Gold, Greed, and the Mystery of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle
Price: 3.57 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780743245746

ISBN-10: 0743245741

ISBN-13: 9780743245746

Edition: 2004

Authors: David Tripp

List price: $26.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

5 new & used from $3.57

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

When the US abandoned the gold standard in 1933, President Roosevelt ordered that new minted, but unissued $20 gold coins be melted down. One was missed & became one of the most famous & sought after coins in the world. David Tripp relates the story of the 1933 double eagle, auctioned in 2002 for $7.5m.

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 9/9/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Prologue



Life and Death



The Artist, the President, and the S.O.A.B



Swift and Staccato Action: The Great Depression



Gold Rush in Reverse



Just a Factory: Making Money



The Great Melt and the Great Escape



On the Law



A Double Eagle Flies to Cairo



A Routine Inquiry



Assistance, Resistance, and Stalemate



The Crooked Cashier



Working the List



Wondering about Woodin



The Red-Headed Philadelphia Sucker and the Deacon



Grounds for Recovery



A Clumsy Liar



Seizures, Suits, and Surrender



A Modern Day Aladdin's Cave: The Coin Escapes Again



Legitimacy



A Double Eagle Reappears



The Homecoming Deal



Put 'Em Up



In Rem



Auction and Absolute Anonymity


Epilogue The 1933 Yeti


Author's Note


Abbreviations


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index