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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 604010, member: 11521&quot;]The introduced the new &#039;With Cents&#039; variety later in the year but to my knowledge the Mint did not melt the 1883 No Cents Liberty Nickels. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are at least 11 known examples of the &#039;33 Double Eagle. 10 are tied up in litigation at the moment and one is legal to own. The reason the &#039;33 Double Eagle has so few surviving examples is FDR took the US off the gold standard and discontinued the minting of gold coins and recalled all gold coins (with a few exceptions) in 1933. When FDR&#039;s order was made a good number of 1933 Double Eagles and Eagles had already been minted. A few Eagles had been released but no &#039;33 Double Eagles had been legally released. All remaining 1933 gold coins were melted. But obviously a few &#039;33 Double Eagles found their way out of the Mint - illicitly. That is where the 11 known examples came from. I would be willing to bet there are more out there. The owners do not want their &#039;33 Double Eagles to be known for fear of confiscation (as happened to the 10 examples in litigation now).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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