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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew, post: 12650, member: 731&quot;]A recent trivia question brought up the topic of the first authorised coin.</p><p>So now I&#039;m wondering about unauthorised coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>How did they manage to be created without authorisation? Or was it not actually that big of a deal. </p><p>I see that the 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 double eagle was unauthorised and is now illegal to own (with a few exceptions). Other unauthorised coins aren&#039;t illegal, so what’s the difference there.</p><p><br /></p><p>And what about coins, such as large cents, that were not legal tender. I assume this is different to being unauthorised. What was the point in creating the various denominations, but only using some of them as legal tender?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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