(It is generally categorized as a pattern coin and only two were made: one is on display at the Smithsonian Institution and the other was given to then-Treasury Secretary William M. Meredith but its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

[4] At one time, Eliasberg possessed a 1933 $20 gold coin, one of three then known to be owned by private collectors, including King Farouk of Egypt.

In July 2011, long after Eliasberg's death, a trial jury in U.S. District Court determined that ten other 1933 double eagles claimed as property by Mrs. Joan Langbord had been obtained illegally by Israel Switt and were property of the United States government; this decision was subsequently upheld the following August.

[8][5] Louis Eliasberg was of Jewish descent, and was born in Selma, Alabama, His family relocated to Baltimore, Maryland in 1907, when he was around 11 years old, and he lived there the rest of his life.

He also served on the boards of other large firms, including Maryland National Bank, Read's, Inc., and the Tom Moore Distillery.