This is a very rare gold coin called "Double Eagle" with a face value of 20 US dollars. This gold coin has never been in circulation, as the then US President Franklin Roosevelt abolished the "Gold Standard" in the country and banned the private ownership of the yellow precious metal. During previous auctions, the cost of such a coin ranged from 10 to 15 million dollars.
In the past, this gold coin was in the possession of the Egyptian king Farouk, but during a special operation in New York it was confiscated.
The previous owner of the Double Eagle coin, which was recently auctioned, was Stuart Weizman, a shoe designer. He, in turn, acquired this rare specimen in 2002 for $ 7.6 million. According to the collector, at the age of 12, he started collecting coins, it was so boring for him to sit at home with a broken leg, which was completely in a cast. And so his passion for collecting rare coins was born. The identity of the new owner of this gold coin was never revealed. He wished to maintain his anonymity.