![]() If your bank went broke, all your money was gone. There was no insurance back then for bank deposits. One of the factors that made the Depression so severe was that thousands of banks failed, i.e., went bankrupt, and wiped out the savings of their depositors. The year 1933 was the fourth and generally the worst year of the Great Depression. The Double Eagle contained nearly an ounce of gold, while the Eagles contained nearly a half-ounce. These were the ten-dollar gold piece, known as the Eagle and the twenty-dollar gold piece, known as the Double Eagle. In 1933, the United States Mint manufactured the last gold coins ever made for circulation at face value. Mint and its various branches between 1792 and today, there is only one coin that is illegal to own: the 1933 $20 gold piece. ![]()
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