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Golden Opportunity
A world record was broken in July 2002, when a coin was auctioned in New
York City for 7.6 million dollars. This particular 1933 double eagle became
the most expensive plece of currency ever sold, Double eagles were
manufactured by the United States Mint from 1849 through 1933. They are
gold coins with a face v wenty dollars, just as a nickel is worth five
cents. A total of 445,500 Eagles were produced in 1933 alone. So
how could just one of these twenty-dollar coins be worth so much money?
When Franklin Roosevelt became president of the United States on March 4,
1933, the country was already in the middle of the Great Depression. This
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What is the text about?
It is about the results of a coin sale linked to Executive Order 6102.
It is about the reasons Executive Order 6102 made people angry.
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It is about the reasons for and the effects of Executive Order 6102.