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<p>[QUOTE="fatima, post: 1583021, member: 22143"]Might Be? LOL The first minted gold coinage in the USA came not from the US Mint, but from the Private Bechtler Mint in North Carolina which started minting coins shortly after gold was discovered near Charlotte in 1792. If you can find one, one of these coins will set you back far far more than the bullion value of the gold in the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example. There is less than $1500 worth of gold in this coin yet it costs $17,000.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://compare.ebay.com/like/190731649590?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://compare.ebay.com/like/190731649590?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar" rel="nofollow">Bechtler Coin on Ebay[/URL</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fatima, post: 1583021, member: 22143"]Might Be? LOL The first minted gold coinage in the USA came not from the US Mint, but from the Private Bechtler Mint in North Carolina which started minting coins shortly after gold was discovered near Charlotte in 1792. If you can find one, one of these coins will set you back far far more than the bullion value of the gold in the coin. Here is an example. There is less than $1500 worth of gold in this coin yet it costs $17,000. [URL="http://compare.ebay.com/like/190731649590?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar"]Bechtler Coin on Ebay[/URL[/URL][/QUOTE]
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