Twenty Dollar Gold Coins
Now You Can Own a Piece of American History
From 1838 to 1933, the US Mint issued Twenty Dollar gold coins which served at circulating coins of the day.
In addition, many of these large, nearly one ounce gold coins were used as "workhorse" coins to exchange gold internationally as well as in the U.S. banking system.
In 1933, the U.S. Government recalled all outstanding gold coins to the U.S. Mint to be melted down and destroyed forever. Only those that were hidden away or outside the United States survived the great gold meltdowns.
Today, the remaining number of Twenty Dollar gold pieces struck from 1838 to 1933 are only a small fraction of the original mintages. Many dates are extremely rare. For the serious coin collector, it is indeed a delight to own even one of these historic U.S. Mint gold coins in your collection.
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