Quarter Eagle coin for auction
Published September 6th, 2005
The dime-sized gold coin was made with California Gold Rush ore at the San Francisco Mint in 1854.It was handed down from generation to generation in a northern California family and has now been confirmed by New Hampshire experts as one of only 12 known surviving examples of its type.The “Quarter Eagle” coin was unknown to researchers until a few weeks ago.When struck, it was worth two-dollars-and-50-cents. Now it is expected to sell for more than 150-thousand dollars at auction in Beverly Hills on September 18th.The Northern California seller who wants to remain anonymous is a descendent of Chinese immigrants who worked the California gold fields in the mid-19th century.
