Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
viii, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-307) and index. |
Contents |
Give us a coinage that has some beauty!" -- "All persons are hereby required to deliver all gold coin now -- owned by them" -- The mysterious man at the money factory -- The 'gold coin bootlegger' and the coin dealers -- The first investigation -- Seizure -- Farouk of Egypt -- Disappearing -- Surfacing -- The deal -- "It's not okay over here." -- The sting -- "I was just selling a coin." -- "All right then let's fight" -- Splitting the baby -- Second chances -- "Fair warning at six million six hundred thousand dollars." -- Only one coin. |
Subject |
Double eagle (Coin) -- History.
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Chronological Term |
Geschichte
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ISBN |
0393059499 hardcover |
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9780393059496 hardcover |
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