Lost Gold of the Republic

2005 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, History (Adult Nonfiction)
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On October 25, 1865, the ocean bottom a hundred miles off the coast of Georgia received a tribute of $400,000 in gold and silver coins, many of them $10 and $20 eagles and double eagles. Ironically, the coins were on their way home to New Orleans where they had been minted. It would be one 139... Read More