This super-rare 1933 Double Eagle is now the world?s most expensive coin after selling for a record $18.9 million (USD) at auction. The record-breaking figure easily beats the previous $10 million record paid for a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar back in 2013, and is almost $4 million more than the coin was expected to fetch. It was set following a three-and-a-half minute bidding war at a special auction held by Sotheby?s in New York City. The Double Eagle - described as the ?Mona Lisa of collector coins? - was originally cast as a $20 coin but was never issued for use because President Franklin Roosevelt took the country off the gold standard. It is one of the few that was not destroyed - and the only one ever allowed to be privately owned. The coin was sold by shoe designer Stuart Weitzman - who bought it for a then-record $7.9 million at a 2002 auction held on behalf of the us government. The identity of its new owner has not been disclosed. It was part of a special ?Three Treasures? auction by Sotheby?s featuring just three items, all owned by Weitzman. A 165-year-old One-Cent Magenta stamp sold for $8.3 million, while a sheet of ?Inverted Jennies? stamps fetched $4.9 million - giving a combined total of $32.1 million. * BYLINE MUST CREDIT SOTHEBY?S. 10 Jun 2021 Pictured: The "Three Treasures" auction, including the world's most expensive coin - a 1933 Double Eagle sold for $18.9 million. Photo credit: Sotheby's/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342

This super-rare 1933 Double Eagle is now the world?s most expensive coin after selling for a record $18.9 million (USD) at auction. The record-breaking figure easily beats the previous $10 million record paid for a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar back in 2013, and is almost $4 million more than the coin was expected to fetch. It was set following a three-and-a-half minute bidding war at a special auction held by Sotheby?s in New York City. The Double Eagle - described as the ?Mona Lisa of collector coins? - was originally cast as a $20 coin but was never issued for use because President Franklin Roosevelt took the country off the gold standard. It is one of the few that was not destroyed - and the only one ever allowed to be privately owned. The coin was sold by shoe designer Stuart Weitzman - who bought it for a then-record $7.9 million at a 2002 auction held on behalf of the us government. The identity of its new owner has not been disclosed. It was part of a special ?Three Treasures? auction by Sotheby?s featuring just three items, all owned by Weitzman. A 165-year-old One-Cent Magenta stamp sold for $8.3 million, while a sheet of ?Inverted Jennies? stamps fetched $4.9 million - giving a combined total of $32.1 million. * BYLINE MUST CREDIT SOTHEBY?S. 10 Jun 2021 Pictured: The world's most expensive coin - a 1933 Double Eagle sold for $18.9 million. Photo credit: Sotheby's/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342

This super-rare 1933 Double Eagle is now the world?s most expensive coin after selling for a record $18.9 million (USD) at auction. The record-breaking figure easily beats the previous $10 million record paid for a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar back in 2013, and is almost $4 million more than the coin was expected to fetch. It was set following a three-and-a-half minute bidding war at a special auction held by Sotheby?s in New York City. The Double Eagle - described as the ?Mona Lisa of collector coins? - was originally cast as a $20 coin but was never issued for use because President Franklin Roosevelt took the country off the gold standard. It is one of the few that was not destroyed - and the only one ever allowed to be privately owned. The coin was sold by shoe designer Stuart Weitzman - who bought it for a then-record $7.9 million at a 2002 auction held on behalf of the us government. The identity of its new owner has not been disclosed. It was part of a special ?Three Treasures? auction by Sotheby?s featuring just three items, all owned by Weitzman. A 165-year-old One-Cent Magenta stamp sold for $8.3 million, while a sheet of ?Inverted Jennies? stamps fetched $4.9 million - giving a combined total of $32.1 million. * BYLINE MUST CREDIT SOTHEBY?S. 10 Jun 2021 Pictured: The world's most expensive coin - a 1933 Double Eagle sold for $18.9 million. Photo credit: Sotheby's/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342