Rare California Gold Rush coin fetches $1.44 million at auction
On Tuesday, a rare $20 double eagle gold coin sold for $1.44 million, about 70,000 times its initial value. The coin was one of many items dating back to days of California Gold Rush and prospectors up for bid at The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Rarities Night Auction in Costa Mesa, California.
Rare coin issued after the California Gold Rush sold at auction for $1.4 million
The $20 double eagle was authorized after the California Gold Rush brought an abundance of gold supply, Kraljevich said. The last time this specific coin was sold was at a Stack’s auction in ...
Rare 'Double Eagle' Coin Sells for $1.4 Million at Auction
With only 3,789 originally produced, experts estimate that just 40 to 50 of these rare coins still exist, according to John Kraljevich, a coin historian with the auction house. Th
Historic 1652 coin found in furniture sells for $2.5M at California auction
A rare 1652 silver coin, about the size of a nickel, sold for $2.5 million at a California auction, breaking the previous record for a pre-Revolution American coin.
Extremely rare silver coin — found in old cabinet — breaks world record at auction
A small silver coin — about the size of a nickel — sold for $2.52 million at an auction, breaking the world record nearly eight years after it was found, a gallery said. The coin, identified as a 1652 Massachusetts threepence,
Rare coin sells for $2.5 million
The coin was struck in Boston in 1652.
Rare coin minted in Carson City sold at auction for $1.4 million
The gold piece — minted in Carson City, Nevada, in 1870 — sold for $1.44 million including the buyer’s premium, a fee paid to the Stack’s Bowers Galleries.
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Rare coin issued after California Gold Rush sold at auction for $1.4M
The $20 double eagle was authorized after the California Gold Rush brought an abundance of gold supply, Kraljevich ...
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Rare coin issued after California Gold Rush sells at auction for $1.4 million
The $20 double eagle was authorized after the California Gold Rush brought an abundance of gold supply, Kraljevich ...
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Rare coin issued after California Gold Rush sold for $1.4 million
The $20 double eagle was authorized after the California Gold Rush brought an abundance of gold supply, Kraljevich said. The last time this specific coin was sold was at a Stack’s auction in ...