加州淘金热后发行的稀有硬币在拍卖会上以 140 万美元的价格售出

狂热的钱币收藏家抓住了在南加州拍卖行购买罕见“双鹰”金币的机会

A rare $20 “double eagle” gold coin sold for $1.44 million at a Southern California auction Tuesday afternoon.

周二下午，一枚价值 20 美元的罕见“双鹰”金币在南加州拍卖会上以 144 万美元的价格售出。

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle” gold coin at a Southern California auction house Tuesday afternoon, but only one walked away victorious after paying a hefty price.

洛杉矶（美联社）——周二下午，狂热的钱币收藏家抓住了这个机会，在南加州的一家拍卖行买到了一枚罕见的 20 美元“双鹰”金币，但只有一枚在付出高昂价格后获胜。

The gold piece — minted in Carson City, Nevada, in 1870 — sold for $1.44 million including the buyer's premium, a fee paid to the Stack's Bowers Galleries. Only 3,789 of them were produced and an estimated 40 to 50 remain, according to John Kraljevich, who specializes in coin history at the auction house.

这枚金币于 1870 年在内华达州卡森市铸造，售价为 144 万美元，其中包括买家佣金，即支付给 Stack's Bowers Galleries 的费用。据该拍卖行专门研究钱币历史的 John Kraljevich 称，其中仅生产了 3,789 枚，估计还剩下 40 至 50 枚。

The auction house did not give any information about who bought the coin.

拍卖行没有提供任何有关谁购买了这枚硬币的信息。

Prior to 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 an abundance of gold supply, Kraljevich said.

1849 年之前，金币的最高面额为 10 美元，称为鹰金币。 Kraljevich 表示，20 美元的双鹰金币是在加州淘金热带来充足的黄金供应后获得授权的。

The last time this specific coin was sold was at a Stack's auction in 1986 for $23,100.

这种特定硬币最后一次出售是在 1986 年的 Stack 拍卖会上，售价为 23,100 美元。

“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.”

“这件事完全没有引起大家的注意，”克拉列维奇说。 “当这个东西在退出市场 25 年、30 年之后突然出现时，它几乎就像一个新发现。”

By the time the live auction reached the coin, the bid price had already reached $800,850, far outpacing the other coins in the catalogue. 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.

当现场拍卖到该币时，出价已达到 800,850 美元，远远超过目录中的其他币。它是伯纳德·理查兹 (Bernard Richards) 收藏品中出售的，根据行业标准专业硬币评级服务，它是已知同类硬币中等级最高的。然而，它并未达到拍卖会预测的突破 200 万美元大关的目标。

The second finest coin was sold in an auction for $1.62 million in November 2021. The price of collector's coins went up substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, as people turned to investing in their hobbies, Kraljevich said.

第二枚最精美的硬币在 2021 年 11 月的一次拍卖中以 162 万美元的价格售出。Kraljevich 说，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，随着人们转向投资自己的爱好，收藏硬币的价格大幅上涨。

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

黄金本身的价值约为 2,600 美元，硬币的重量略低于 1 盎司。

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