The very first collectible Double Eagle date of course is the 1850 since the only known specimen of the 1849 is permanently impounded in the Smithsonian Museum collection of Numismatics. Here's the very first Southern Gold Double Eagle date, minted at the venerable New Orleans Mint. Lovely fields and quite blasty here's a highly sought after Type 1 Double Eagle destined to become a part of a Type 1 gold collection or investment portfolio.