Embossed with the assayers’ signature markings, “No. 491, 871 FINE,” and valued at $120,000 to $160,000, this artifact carries historical weight as a relic of California’s Gold Rush era.

U.S. Coin and Jewelry hosts weeklong treasure hunt for coins and gold collectors. ... a steamer carrying a treasure mined during the California Gold Rush that sank during a hurricane in 1857.

Once upon a time, in 1848, a man could walk into the wilderness on the brink of poverty and emerge, caked in mud, dust and days-old sweat, a multimillionaire. The discovery of gold in California ...

The Californian Gold Rush of 1849. Many of the 'Forty niners' crossed the United States from the east to the Gold fields of California in 'Conestoga' wagons, broad wheeled vehicles with canvas ...

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

Frederick D. Kohler had been minting coins for the ill-fated Miners' Bank before its collapse in 1849. In 1850, Kohler transitioned to his own venture, Kohler & Co., and enlisted the talents of local ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.