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A coin dating from 1933 has been named “the Mona Lisa of coins” when it sold at auction in New York for almost $ 20 million of dollars. Thus becoming the most expensive currency in the world, as it has almost doubled the value of the currency that had that record (the “Flowing Hair”).
The currency in question is from the year 1933 and is known like the Double Eagle. It was sold by the auction house Sotheby’s in just 4 minutes, and a starting price of almost $ 7 million dollars reached $ 20 millions adding the taxes.
Of course, the identity of the buyer is unknown, but it is known that s or previous owner was Stuart Weitzman, a shoe designer who acquired it in the year 2002 for $ 7 million. And before it belonged to a British collector, who had to fight a legal battle to be able to sell it.
That it is known as the Mona Lisa of coins, is because it is the only coin of this type of coin that is in the hands of an individual, since the rest are found in the United States Mint.
This historical piece of metal was designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, but never made it into circulation as former President Franklin Roosevelt right at 1933, the year of that coin, decided that it would no longer support gold coins as a control measure due to the economic crisis facing the United States at the time. This meant the end of the convertibility of the currency into gold in the United States.
The coin is golden, made of gold, and in its design one side shows a woman symbolizing freedom and on the other side a flying eagle. After this coin, the United States never again minted a gold coin, except for an exceptional limited and special edition.
Weitzman also sold two other collectibles, along with the valuable currency; These are two important stamps since the collector wanted to have in his hands “the best stamp in the world and the best American stamp,” explained the director of Sotheby’s books and documents department.
The Double Eagle coin almost none or none are in the hands of collectors except this one that has just been sold and one in the collection of King Farouk of Egypt.
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