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  • 1787 Gold American Brasher Double Doubloon coin sold for 5 million

    I love the Turkey Eagle on this coin!!!!
    A 1787 New York Brasher Doubloon, one of the first gold coins to be struck in the United States, has been sold for more than $5 million (£3.
    Professor Shellman
    Tampa Bay

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    Does look kinda like a turkey head - Yuk Yuk.
    Pickett/Fentress County, Tn - Any day on this side of the grass is a good day. -Chuck-

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    • #3
      Wow...that’s a beaut!
      Wandering wherever I can, mostly in Eastern Arkansas, always looking down.

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      • #4
        Now that would be a coin find for the ages.
        Bruce
        In life there are losers and finders. Which one are you?

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        • #5
          Wow...that is a real piece of work...
          The chase is better than the catch...
          I'm Frank and I'm from the flatlands of N'Eastern Illinois...

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          • #6
            I am surprised to see a countermark on an American coin.
            Edit: Well i see that it's not a countermark but the signature of the maker.
            Last edited by Ron Kelley; 03-24-2018, 09:24 PM.
            Michigan Yooper
            If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything

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            • #7
              Pretty amazing coin and $... I wonder why only 7 are known? Kind of curious about why its so rare. Interesting stuff...
              Josh (Ky/Tn collector)

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