10 rarest and most valuable coins in the world (With Pictures)

3. 1933 Double Eagle

This 20-dollar gold coin was minted in 1933 by the United States. However, it was withdrawn in the same year, despite minting more than four hundred thousand specimens. Designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the coin depicted the Lady Liberty, holding a torch and olive branch. The coins were never circulated and almost all the pieces were melted down, although a few were stolen and got into the hands of collectors. Some of them were recovered and destroyed. Less than 15 specimens exist now, including one that was sold for $7.59 million in an auction in 2002. U.S. National Numismatic Collection houses two and ten others are held in Fort Knox.