A C?li???ni? c???l? ??t w?lkin? th?i? ??? ?n???th?? G?l? R?sh-??? c?ins w??th $10 milli?n ???i?? ?n th?i? ??????t?, ? c????nc? ?i?m ?????s?ntin? th? ??i? s?i? T??s???.Th? c???l? ??? ?i?ht m?t?l c?ns c?nt?inin? m??? th?n 1,400 ??l? c?ins ??tin? ??tw??n 1847 ?n? 1894. A m?j??it? ?? th? c?ins w??? ???n? t? h?v? ???n mint?? in S?n F??ncisc? ?n? ?????t??l? h?? ? c?m?in?? ??c? v?l?? ?? $27,000. N?w, it c??l? ??tch ?? t? $10 milli?n ?? m???, ?n? th? ?isc?v??? is ???????? t? ?? ?n? ?? th? l????st ?? its kin? in U.S. hist???.
D?vi? H?ll, c?-???n??? ?? P????ssi?n?l C?in G???in? S??vic?, ?? PCGS, wh? ??th?ntic?t?? th? ?in?, s?i?: “It’s ??it? ? st???. P???l? w??? w?lkin? ?l?n? ?n th?i? ??????t? in N??th??n C?li???ni?, n?tic?? s?m?thin?, ????n ?i??in? ?n? th?? ???n? c?ns ?? ??l? c?ins. It sh??l? h?v? h????n?? t? ??? ?n? m?.”
Th? t???s??? h?s ???n n?m?? th? “S???l? Ri??? H????,” ??t?? ? hill n??? which th? ??l? c?ins w??? ???n?. Th? c???l?, wh? h?v? ch?s?n t? ??m?in ?n?n?m??s, h?v? n?t ?iscl?s?? th? ?x?ct l?c?ti?n wh??? th? t???s??? w?s ???n?.
On? ?? th? c?ins, ? s?-c?ll?? 1866-S N? M?tt? D???l? E??l?, is ?????t?? t? ?? v?l??? ?t $1 milli?n.
D?vi? McC??th?, ? c?in ?x???t ?t c????nc? ?i?m K??in’s Inc. ?????t??l? s?i?: “W?’v? s??n shi?w??cks in th? ??st wh??? th??s?n?s ?? ??l? c?ins w??? ???n? in v??? hi?h ?????, ??t ? ???i?? t???s??? ?? this s??t is ?nh???? ??.” H? ?????: “I’v? n?v?? s??n this ??c? v?l?? in N??th Am??ic? ?n? ??? n?v?? s?? c?ins in th? c?n?iti?n w? h?v? h???.”
“W? ?ll ????m ????t ?isc?v??in? ???i?? t???s???; s??in? th? ???l thin? in ???s?n – ?il?s ?? ??l? c?ins ?nc??st?? in ?i?t ?n? ??st – th? ?x???i?nc? w?s j?st in??sc?i???l?,” McC??th? s?i? in ? st?t?m?nt. “N?v?? in m? wil??st ????ms w??l? I im??in? c?ins c?min? ??t ?? th? ????n? in th? kin? ?? c?n?iti?n th?t I s?w in ???nt ?? m?. M?n? ?i?c?s w??? ?in?? th?n ?n?thin? kn?wn in m?j?? c?ll?cti?ns ?? m?s??ms.”
Acc???in? t? m??i? ?????ts, th? c???l? h?? n? i??? ????t wh? ??t th? c?ins th??? ?? wh? th? c?ins ??l?n??? t?.
“S?m????? c??l? h?v? ???i?? th?m ?n? th?n ?i?? ?????? th?? l?t ?n????? kn?w wh??? th?? w???,” H?ll ?????t??l? s?i?. “B?li?v? it ?? n?t, I kn?w c?s?s wh??? th?? ?????t th?? h?? s?m?thin?, ?? th?? m?v?? ?? wh?t?v?? … It c??l? h?v? ???n s?m? kin? ?? ??????? ???l … Wh? kn?ws?”A????xim?t?l? 90 ???c?nt ?? th? c?ins will ?? s?l? ?n Am?z?n.c?m’s c?ll?cti?l?s st???, whil? th? c???l? ?l?ns t? k??? th? ??st, ?n? l??n s?m? c?ins t? th? Am??ic?n N?mism?tic Ass?ci?ti?n ??? its N?ti?n?l M?n?? Sh?w, which is sch???l?? t? ???n this w??k in Atl?nt?.
In ? st?t?m?nt, K??in’s Inc. s?i?: “Unlik? ?th?? h????s ?n? t???s???s, this ?n? incl???s ? ????t v??i?t? ?? c?ins st??ck ?v?? m?n? ?i?????nt ????s, ?n? m?n? ?? th? c?ins ??? still in ??istin? c?n?iti?n.
“An? ??? t? th?t ? w?n?????l h?m?n int???st st???: this ??mil? lit???ll? ???n? th? ??t ?? ??l? ?t th? ?n? ?? th? ??in??w.”
PCGS P??si??nt D?n Willis s?i?: “Th? S???l? Ri??? H???? ?isc?v??? is ?n? ?? th? m?st ?m?zin? n?mism?tic st??i?s I’v? h????. This will ?? ???????? ?s ?n? ?? th? ??st st??i?s in th? hist??? ?? ??? h????!”
Acc???in? t? K??in’s Inc., th? ???vi??s l????st ?????t?? ?in? ?? ???i?? ??l? t???s??? in th? U.S h?? ? ??c? v?l?? ?? $4,500. It w?s ?isc?v???? ?? c?nst??cti?n w??k??s in J?cks?n, T?nn., in 1985 ?n? w?s ?v?nt??ll? s?l? ??? ????n? $1 milli?n.