The 1933 Gold Double Eagle Was Never Issued: Officially! The Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle coin had been issued from 1907 until 1932.  445,500 Double Eagles had been minted with the date 1933, but none were ever officially released into circulation because of changes made to currency laws during the Great Depression, when President Franklin Roosevelt took America off the gold standard. Not only were no more gold coins to be issued for circulation, people had to turn in the ones they owned. It actually became illegal for private citizens to own gold coins, unless they clearly had a … [Read more...]