US gold coin sold for $25m
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This 1933 Double Eagle is among the last US gold coins minted and meant for circulation, but never legally issued for use.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
A 1933 gold coin that was never issued after president Franklin Roosevelt removed the United States from the gold standard sold for a record US$18.87 million (S$25 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New York last month.
The auction house described the 1933 Double Eagle, the last US gold coin made and intended for circulation, as "one of the most coveted coins in the world" and it did not disappoint.