罕見的 20 美元“雙鷹”金幣在南加州拍賣會上以 144 萬美元成交

A rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin from 1870 was sold at a Southern California auction for a staggering $1.44 million, including the buyer's premium, on Tuesday afternoon.

週二下午，一枚 1870 年價值 20 美元的罕見「雙鷹」金幣在南加州的一場拍賣會上以 144 萬美元的天價售出，其中包括買家佣金。

The coin, minted in Carson City, Nevada, was up for grabs at the Stack's Bowers Galleries auction. Only 3,789 of these coins were ever produced, and an estimated 40 to 50 still exist, according to John Kraljevich, who specializes in coin history at the auction house.

這枚硬幣在內華達州卡森城鑄造，在 Stack's Bowers Galleries 拍賣會上競標。據該拍賣行專門研究錢幣歷史的 John Kraljevich 稱，這些硬幣僅生產了 3,789 枚，估計還有 40 到 50 枚仍然存在。

The auction house did not disclose the identity of the coin's buyer.

拍賣行並未透露該幣買家的身份。

Before 1849, the highest denomination for a gold coin was $10, known as the eagle. The $20 double eagle was authorized after the California Gold Rush brought in a massive gold supply, Kraljevich said.

1849 年之前，金幣的最高面額為 10 美元，稱為鷹金幣。 Kraljevich 表示，20 美元的雙鷹金幣是在加州​​淘金熱帶來大量黃金供應後獲得授權的。

This particular coin was last sold at a Stack's auction in 1986 for $23,100.

這枚特殊的硬幣最後一次在 1986 年的 Stack 拍賣會上以 23,100 美元的價格出售。

"This thing was totally off everybody's radar," Kraljevich said. "When this thing appeared kind of out of the woodwork after being off the market for 25 years, 30 years, it was almost like a new discovery."

「這件事完全沒有引起大家的注意，」克拉列維奇說。 「當這個東西在退出市場 25 年、30 年後突然出現時，它幾乎就像一個新發現。”

By the time the live auction reached the coin, the bid price had already reached $800,850, far outpacing the other coins in the catalog. It was sold from the Bernard Richards collection and is the finest grade coin of its type known to exist, according to the industry standard Professional Coin Grading Service. However, it fell short of the auction's prediction that it would break the $2 million barrier.

當現場拍賣到該幣時，出價已達到 800,850 美元，遠遠超過目錄中的其他幣。它是伯納德·理查茲 (Bernard Richards) 收藏品中出售的，根據行業標準專業硬幣評級服務，它是已知同類硬幣中等級最高的。然而，它並未達到拍賣會預測的突破 200 萬美元大關的目標。

The second finest coin was sold in an auction for $1.62 million in November 2021.

第二枚最精美的硬幣在 2021 年 11 月的拍賣中以 162 萬美元的價格售出。

The price of collector's coins went up substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, as people turned to investing in their hobbies, Kraljevich said.

Kraljevich 說，在 COVID-19 大流行期間，隨著人們轉向投資自己的愛好，收藏幣的價格大幅上漲。

The value of the gold itself, which in the coin is just under one ounce, is about $2,600.

黃金本身的價值約為 2,600 美元，硬幣的重量略低於一盎司。