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An incredibly rare $10 gold coin from the California Gold Rush era sold at an auction for a whopping $354,375.
The 1852 coin sold at a Sunday auction organized by Great Collections, after 74 bids were placed on the rare piece.
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bids → sign → piece
The auction company called the coin a 'major rarity,' citing only six other known examples.
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company → call → examples
Four of the six known gold coins were found on the SS Central America shipwreck.
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Four → know → shipwreck
Experts Dr Donald Kagin and David McCarthy said the recently sold coin was the 'only mint state' known.
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coin → say → ?
The front of the coin features a bust of the US Liberty head surrounded by 13 stars, and the back depicts a bald eagle with a shield.
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back → feature → shield
Two Hungarian exiles, Wass and Molitor, manufactured the coin at Wass, Molitor & Company after arriving in San Francisco during the Gold Rush in 1848.
Count Samuel Wass and Agoston Molitor launched the refinery two years later, and the five- and ten-dollar coins entered circulation in 1852.
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coins → manufacture → 1852
The firm also minted ten, twenty and fifty dollar gold pieces.
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firm → mint → pieces
During the Gold Rush era, Wass, Molitor & Company and Kellogg & Co supplied coins to Americans.
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Wass → supply → Americans
An incredibly rare $10 coin from the Gold Rush era sold at an auction on Sunday for a whopping $354,375
The coin was minted by a private firm in San Francisco before the federal government established a branch in California.
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government → sell → California
Pictured above are miners in 1852, when the rare coin was put into circulation
The coin sold after 74 bids for six figures.
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coin → picture → figures
Coins minted by Walter, Moiltor & Company were only in circulation for a few years and are extremely rare
When the US Mint opened an office in San Francisco in 1854, private companies stopped supplying coins.
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companies → mint → coins
Coins minted by Wass, Molitor & Company are therefore extremely rare.
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Coins → mint → Wass
Although the six-figure sale was the highest bid at Sunday's auction, multiple other coins sold for eye-watering prices.
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coins → sell → prices
A 1918 Lincoln Illinois Centennial Half Dollar sold for $78,750 after 66 bids.
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Dollar → sell → bids
An 1854 Seated Liberty Half Dollar Arrows with 'extraordinary original toning' sold after just one bid for $33,750.
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Arrows → seat → 33,750
A 1913-S Barber Quarter, which Great Collections also noted as a 'key rarity' in the series, sold after 37 bids for $32,051.
A double-struck 1973-S Eisenhower Dollar sold after 40 bids for $16.
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Dollar → note → 16
The coin was said to be 'one of the most dramatic error formats possible on a modern proof coin.
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coin → say → coin
An 1854 Seated Liberty Half Dollar Arrows with 'extraordinary original toning' sold after just one bid for $33,750
A 1918 Lincoln Illinois Centennial Half Dollar sold for $78,750 after 66 bids
A double-struck 1973-S Eisenhower Dollar sold after 40 bids for $16.
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Dollar → seat → 16
The coin was not properly centered and is struck twice on the front and back.
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coin → center → front
Great Collections said the coin demonstrated 'one of the most dramatic error formats possible on a modern proof coin.'
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coin → say → coin
Also included in the series was a Mexico 1947 Gold 50 Pesos that sold for $9,067, a gold coin from the Ancient Roman Empire for $20,818 and a 1921-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar for $9,282.
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that → include → 9,282
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