罕见的 20 美元“双鹰”金币在南加州拍卖会上以 144 万美元成交

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.

周二下午，一枚 1870 年价值 20 美元的罕见“双鹰”金币在南加州的一场拍卖会上以 144 万美元的天价售出，其中包括买家佣金。

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.

这枚硬币在内华达州卡森城铸造，在 Stack's Bowers Galleries 拍卖会上竞拍。据该拍卖行专门研究钱币历史的 John Kraljevich 称，这些硬币仅生产了 3,789 枚，估计还有 40 到 50 枚仍然存在。

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

拍卖行没有透露该币买家的身份。

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大量黄金供应后获得授权的。

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

这枚特殊的硬币最后一次在 1986 年的 Stack 拍卖会上以 23,100 美元的价格出售。

"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."

“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 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.

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.

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。

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 说，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，随着人们转向投资自己的爱好，收藏币的价格大幅上涨。

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

黄金本身的价值约为 2,600 美元，硬币的重量略低于一盎司。