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DaganowedaHello00:05
holsteinDaganoweda: hey00:12
holsteinwelcome!00:12
DaganowedaCheck this out00:15
Daganowedahttp://i.imgur.com/5WcUO.jpg00:15
DaganowedaIts a $5 gold coin00:15
DaganowedaIssued by Bechtler family in North Carolina00:15
Daganoweda183400:15
Daganowedahttp://i.imgur.com/tO77h.jpg00:16
DaganowedaThey did it before the US government minted gold!00:16
holsteincool00:17
DaganowedaThey didnt really make a lot of them and and most of them actually were worth a bit more than the face value so what ended up happening to them was that most of them have from their way to be melted and then reused by the mint for othe governmental and other gold coins00:30
Daganoweda So theres not a lot of them left, only 15 such examples have survived and that makes them extremely desirable by collectors00:30

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