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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 38377, member: 66&quot;]&lt;I had also heard that early in 1933 Mint employees were bale to buy the 1933 $20 coin (as was the case with all coins) for ace value, and that some did so prior to the hammer coming down. &gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>True, and the Treasury Dept even offered then for sale to collectors back in 1933 before the close down date&nbsp; (See Walter P Nichols File by Q D Bowers.&nbsp; In it it mentions a Treasury circular offering coins available to collectors with a hand written addendum mentioning that the Eagles and double eagles of 1933 were now available as well.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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