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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;enochian, post: 1877101, member: 39576&quot;]best parts from the above link </p><p><br /></p><p>HIGHLIGHTS </p><p><br /></p><p>The highlight of the hoard is an 1866-S Coronet, No Motto gold $20 double eagle graded PCGS Mint State 62 that is the finest known certified by the grading service. Kagin’s estimates its worth at around $1 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other highlights that are either the finest or tied for finest certified by PCGS include:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ä 1866-S Coronet, With Motto double eagle, PCGS MS-62+.</p><p>ä 1873 Closed 3 Coronet double eagle, PCGS MS-62.</p><p>ä 1877-S Coronet double eagle, PCGS MS-65.</p><p>ä Four 1888-S Coronet double eagles, each PCGS MS-64.</p><p>ä Two 1889-S Coronet double eagles, each PCGS MS-65.</p><p>ä 1894-S Coronet double eagle, PCGS MS-65.</p><p>Other coins include an 1892-CC Coronet $5 half eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>FAKE </p><p><br /></p><p>McCarthy said one 1891-S Coronet double eagle is a counterfeit, in the consensus opinion of the PCGS grading experts. McCarthy said the surface fabric of the piece is unusual and he plans to conduct additional research and analysis to confirm whether it is a well-made fake or is, in fact, genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>CLEANED DAMAGED</p><p><br /></p><p>McCarthy said about 190 of the coins from the hoard are encapsulated in PCGS Genuine-designated holders because of environmental or other damage. Among them is an 1852-O Coronet double eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>McCarthy said a number of the earliest dates in the hoard had suffered some sort of cleaning before he examined any of the coins. McCarthy said he has no way of knowing whether the cleaning was done before the coins were placed in the ground or after they were removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The first group of coins were unfortunately ‘conserved’ at some point,” McCarthy said.</p><p><br /></p><p>McCarthy said it was his understanding that after the couple removed the coins from the cans, the coins were placed into plastic baggies and numbered.</p><p><br /></p><p>MARKETING </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marketing the hoard</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Kagin’s said that through an exclusive arrangement with the online retailer Amazon.com, approximately 90 percent of the coins will be made available for purchase via Amazon’s collectibles store. This will be the first major rare coin treasure to be sold through Amazon, according to Kagin’s.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that will be featured through Amazon will appeal more to persons interested in treasure coins versus serious numismatists, McCarthy said.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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