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Famous Gold Coin Hoard: From France to Kentucky and Beyond

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Hidden Treasure in a French Mansion In 2019, while renovating a historic 13th-century mansion in Brittany, France, three construction workers stumbled upon an extraordinary discovery: a metal box embedded in a wall, containing a rare gold coin hoard. Days later, a second stash, hidden above a wooden beam and wrapped in a cloth pouch, was … Read more

US Mint $4 Stella Gold Coin

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The Stella was a $4 gold coin produced by the United States Mint in 1879 and 1880. It was intended as a pattern coin to explore the possibility of the U.S. joining the Latin Monetary Union (LMU), an alliance of European nations that aimed to standardize currency to facilitate international trade. The Stella was designed … Read more