Have you heard about the Saddle Ridge coin hoard?
It’s one of the most famous U.S. coin hoards ever, and it was discovered by a Sierra Nevada, California couple on their rural property in February 2013.
The 1,427 gold coins – all half eagles, eagles, and double eagles dated from 1847 and 1894 and buried in 8 coffee cans — have a combined value of some $10 million.
It is the largest-known hoard of gold coins that has ever been found in the U.S!
There was $27,980 in face value among the gold coins that couple found – that’s a lot of money for the time that those rare coins were buried, which was probably around the turn of the 20th century
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