First gold coin ever minted in U.S. on sale

[Still Waters]

The first gold coin ever minted in the United States is set for a huge private sale. There are many people who love to collect things that are old, rare, or valuable. For a select few, combining the three is ideal. That’s why the first gold coin ever made in the US is being offered for private sale with an asking price of $15 million, according to a recent report by Bloomberg News.

The coin is the Brasher Doubloon, and it was struck in 1787. It was created the same year the Constitution was written, and five years before there was such an entity as a federal mint. The coin was made by a metalsmith named Ephraim Brasher, George Washington’s next-door neighbor in New York. Brasher privately minted a small number of coins, and he marked his initials on the breast of the eagle of the first of them.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/06/09/first-gold-coin/