By | March 02 2012 11:44 AM

The term Double Eagle stands for a $20 gold piece, which is a full ounce for gold. Prior to 1933, when our currency WAS physical gold, a $10 gold piece was an Eagle, which was a half of an ounce of physical gold. Today, it is numismatic gold, which mean it has value above the gold content. When you hold one of these beauties in your hands, you know you have something. It's real money, not helicopter money. Now read the following about how they rained from a ceiling in France, as told by the folks at The 5 Minute Forecast recently: