The World’s Most Expensive Gold Coin

Since WWII, it has been illegal to own a 1933 double eagle. But on July 30th, 2002 an example once owned by the King of Egypt will be sold to the highest bidder in a single-item public auction widely expected to fetch $3 million to $8 million. The Treasury Dept. struck 445,500 double eagles in 1933, and has been busy confiscating them since 1944. But this one, they promise, comes with a clear title. More