That means that whoever put them into the ground likely socked them away as soon as they were put into circulation.īecause paper money was illegal in California until the 1870s, he added, it's extremely rare to find any coins from before that of such high quality.ĭavid Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service, recently authenticated the 1,427 coins found by an anonymous couple. What makes their find particularly valuable, McCarthy said, is that almost all of the coins are in near-perfect condition. They'll use the money to pay off bills and quietly donate to local charities, Kagin said.īefore they sell them, they are loaning some to the American Numismatic Association for its National Money Show, which opens Thursday in Atlanta. They plan to put most of the coins up for sale through Amazon while holding onto a few keepsakes. "Their concern was this would change the way everyone else would look at them, and they're pretty happy with the lifestyle they have today," he said. They also don't want to be treated any differently, said David McCarthy, chief numismatist for Kagin Inc. The pair are choosing to remain anonymous, Kagin said, in part to avoid a renewed gold rush to their property by modern-day prospectors armed with metal detectors. They have no idea who put them there, he said. Kagin, whose family has been in the rare-coin business for 81 years, would say little about the couple other than that they are husband and wife, are middle-aged and have lived for several years on the rural property in California's Gold Country, where the coins were found. Don Kagin, numismatist representing the finders ![]() "It's like they found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow." "I don't like to say once-in-a-lifetime for anything, but you don't get an opportunity to handle this kind of material, a treasure like this, ever. "I don't like to say once-in-a-lifetime for anything, but you don't get an opportunity to handle this kind of material, a treasure like this, ever," said veteran numismatist Don Kagin, who is representing the finders. Although the face value of the gold pieces only adds up to more than $31,000, some of them are so rare that coin experts say they could fetch slightly more than $1,100,000 apiece. Nearly all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847-94, are in uncirculated, mint condition, said David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, which recently authenticated them. ![]() ![]() A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $11 million Cdn in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.
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