More than 700 gold coins from the American Civil War that were discovered buried in a Kentucky cornfield are being sold, and the sale is predicted to bring in millions of dollars. According to the corporation that graded the coins and the business that sold them, the "Great Kentucky Hoard" was discovered on a farm in the Bluegrass State earlier this year. Both the precise site of the discovery and the individual who discovered the coins are still a secret. The guy is seen digging up the coins in the mud in a video on GovMint.com, which is selling the trove, and is heard exclaiming, "This is the most insane thing ever." According to GovMint.com, the coins, which include $1 Gold Indians, $10 Gold Libertys, and $20 Gold Libertys, are dated between 1840 and 1863.
Among them are 18 incredibly rare $20 Gold Liberty coins that were produced in Philadelphia in 1863 and, according to GovMint.com, are valued at six figures by collectors. The significance of this discovery cannot be emphasised, according to Jeff Garrett, a trader in rare coins who was approached many months ago by the anonymous finder. According to Garrett, "the astounding number of over 700 gold dollars represents a virtual time capsule of coinage from the Civil War era." In the brutal battle between the North and the South, which included the slave-holding South, Kentucky took a neutral posture during the 1861–1865 Civil War. The coins were lost for more than 150 years, and the Numismatic Guaranty Company, which authenticated the coins, speculated that this conflict may have been the cause of the Great Kentucky Hoard.
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