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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1096518, member: 18157&quot;]Here&#039;s a link I found describing the event...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinresource.com/news/news2002-prior/ana_2002_show.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinresource.com/news/news2002-prior/ana_2002_show.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinresource.com/news/news2002-prior/ana_2002_show.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>...but I don&#039;t see mention of this particular copy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s a link that indicates that the focus of the ANA World&#039;s Fair of Money is the auction of an actual 1933 $20 St. Gaudens double eagle.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=3499&amp;universeid=313" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=3499&amp;universeid=313" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=3499&amp;universeid=313</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The event was an ANA fundraiser with a numismatic &quot;Who&#039;s Who&quot; list of attendees. It seems reasonable that a solid gold copy such as this might have been sold there. I see mention of other fundraiser coins being sold there, but no mention of this one...perhaps because it&#039;s a copy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t see anything that mentions &quot;gold clad&quot; or &quot;gold plated&quot;...just 1.5 Oz of solid .9999 gold. It would also be odd that the Mint Director (Henrietta Holsman Fore) and BEP Director (Thomas Ferguson) would lend their signatures (or facsimiles) to presentation of a misrepresented copy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would think the value of this copy (if independently authenticated) would be in the presentation, the bullion, and as a souvenier of the event. Of course, if I wanted it, I would call or write the ANA to independently verify the composition and (even though it&#039;s a copy) find out more details about how and by whom the copy was struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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