if we are to have larger coins, let them be of gold. In 1836, the Public Ledger, a Philadelphia newspaper, proposed the issuance of both a gold dollar and a twenty-dollar piece they wrote of the latter, 'Twenty are an encumbrance in a pocket . The new eagle was struck to a design by Christian Gobrecht, who was one of the Mint's engravers. In 1838, coinage resumed after Congress revised the weight and fineness of American gold coins. The eagle's size made it convenient for use in international transactions, and, faced with the likelihood that most being struck were exported, the Director of the Mint Elias Boudinot ended its production in 1804. Bullion flowed out of the United States for economic reasons for much of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Also struck were a half eagle ($5) and quarter eagle ($2.50). Under the Mint Act of 1792, the largest-denomination coin was the gold eagle, or ten-dollar piece. Many of the latter have now been repatriated to feed the demand from collectors and those who desire to hold gold.

Millions of double eagles were sent overseas in international transactions throughout its run to be melted or placed in bank vaults. Roosevelt recalled gold coins from the public in 1933. It was struck until replaced by the Saint-Gaudens double eagle in 1907, and many were melted when President Franklin D. The coin was immediately successful merchants and banks used it in trade. Only one 1849 double eagle is known to survive and it rests in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian. Longacre designed the double eagle, and it began to be issued for commerce in 1850. After considerable infighting at the Philadelphia Mint, Chief Engraver James B. The gold dollar and double eagle were the result. The large amount of bullion being brought east after the discovery of gold in California in the 1840s caused Congress to consider new denominations of gold coinage.

The largest denomination of United States coin authorized by the Mint Act of 1792 was the eagle, or ten-dollar piece. It was designed by Mint of the United States Chief Engraver James B. The Liberty Head double eagle or Coronet double eagle is an American twenty-dollar gold piece struck as a pattern coin in 1849, and for commerce from 1850 to 1907.

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