Domanique Swain and Blanchard Ryan - Capers

A piece was struck using gold or... President Franklin Roosevelt discontinued the coin

when he eliminated the gold standard during the Great Depression.

The coins in circulation were confiscated. All but three were recovered and melted.

Two were given to the Smithsonian. The last was retained by King Farouk of Egypt.

But the king was deposed in a coup d'etat and the coin disappeared for 50 years.