The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 15, April 15, 2007, Article 22

SMITHSONIAN PRESS RELEASE INCLUDES IMAGE OF A FAKE 1933 DOUBLE EAGLE

Smithsonian Networks' has issued a press release about its upcoming
programming schedule, which includes an episode on the 1933 Double
Eagle.  But numismatists will do a double take when they view the
image of the fabled coin included with the press release - it is NOT
of an example of the coin (two of which are in the Smithsonian's
National Numismatic Collection. Rather, it is an image of a clearly
labeled COPY of the REVERSE of the Saint-Gaudens twenty, not even
showing the 1933 date.  This is bizarre - how accurate can the
production be if they can't even illustrate the right coin?

To view the image of the ersatz 1933 Double Eagle, see:
Image

To read the complete press release, see:
Press Release

 SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS TO AIR SHOW ON THE 1933 DOUBLE EAGLE
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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