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.

The Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society will display an 1850’s California Gold Rush artifact belonging to George Letourneau for the public to view at the Bourbonnais Culvers on Nov.

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 1986 ...

Pistachios are growing fast in California, where farmers have been devoting more land to a crop seen as hardier and more ...

The California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

However, the massive gold deposits in California inspired Congress to authorize a gold coin that was twice as big as a way to turn the Golden State’s riches into spendable and countable money.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by Stack’s Bowers Galleries shows a rare $20 double eagle gold coin from 1870, which ...

Rare Coin Issued After the California Gold Rush Sold at Auction for $1.4 Million LOS ANGELES (AP) — Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle ...