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If multiple books have been written about a single issue of coinage, the subject is probably the 1794 large cent or the 1933 double eagle. In the case of the 1933 twenty, the legal records extend the available documentation even further. Courtesy of Todd Imhof of Heritage Auctions, nearly a thousand pages related to the litigation surrounding the Fenton/Weitzman example of the 1933 $20 is now available on NNP. While some material is redacted, the available papers clearly outline both the U.S. government and Stephen Fenton’s respective cases for ownership of the coin. In the end, the two parties split the difference, and created the only example that is legal to own. Note, this material relates only to the Fenton coin and not the Langbord examples that appeared later.

Link to United States of America vs. A $20 Gold Coin on Newman Portal: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/archivedetail/557482
Link to “King Farouk and the Fenton 1933 Double Eagle,” featuring Alison Frankel: https://archive.org/details/ANA06019KingFarouk
Link to “Strange Case of the 1933 Double Eagles,” featuring Greg Weinman, U.S. Mint Counsel: https://archive.org/details/PAN18005Strange