159 Years in a Cigar Box: Civil War-Era Gold Coin Found in a Texas Closet Sells for $97,600
A previously unknown 1867-S Liberty Half Eagle, discovered in a cigar box inside a Buda, Texas closet, sold for $97,600 at Heritage Auctions' GACC sale on October 8-9, more than quadrupling the auction record for the issue and earning the finest-known designation.
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