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.
Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin at a Southern ...
Prior to 1849, the highest denomination for a gold coin was $10, known as the eagle. The $20 double eagle was authorized ...
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