Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin at a Southern California auction house Tuesday afternoon, but only one walked away victorious ...

The dream of discovering buried treasure came true for a California couple who found ... Inc., AP Most of the coins are $20 gold pieces, known as double eagles. All of those were made at the ...

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 ...

In what can only be described as every child’s dream, a couple in California found treasure ... they found a collection of $20 gold coins from the mid- to late 19th century.

Prior to 1849, the highest denomination for a gold coin was $10, known as the eagle. The $20 double eagle was authorized after the California Gold Rush brought an abundance of gold supply ...

Gold coins worth $10 million that were discovered by a Northern California couple were not likely ... In 1901, six bags of double eagle gold coins -- 250 $20 coins in each -- went missing from ...

A husband and wife are reveling in their good fortune after finding $10 million in rare gold coins buried on their property in Northern California ... $10 and $20 denominations, date from 1847 ...

That’s how David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, likened the 1,427 gold coins that a Northern California ... $10 and $20 denominations – were stored more ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle” gold coin at a Southern California auction house Tuesday afternoon, but only one ...