Double Eagle’ Gold Fight Recalls U.S. Default July 11, 2011 – Posted in: Press
by Pham-Duy Nguyen Published July 11, 2011 Bloomberg News The 10 rare Double Eagle gold coins at the heart of a federal trial in Philadelphia are remnants of the last U.S. government default, almost eight decades before the current stalemate in Congress over raising the debt limit. The daughter of a Philadelphia jeweler found the coins in a family safe-deposit box in 2003. The coins were confiscated by federal authorities. None were issued to the…
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