He said Little Chief Green Leaf, a Native medicine man in Arizona, told him about a legend of buried gold under the Hall of Justice and the Central Library, which was left 5,000 years ago by a tribe ...

During the Great Depression, Angelenos and the government alike were in search of money. That led to a trio of miners who, with the county’s approval, tried to find gold in downtown L.A.

An exceedingly rare 1787 gold Brasher doubloon has been sold for $7.4 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for a gold coin. Blanchard and Co., the New Orleans-based coin and precious ...

NEW ORLEANS - An exceedingly rare 1787 gold Brasher doubloon has been sold for $7.4 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for a gold coin.

NEW ORLEANS—An exceedingly rare 1787 gold Brasher doubloon has been sold for $7.4 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for a gold coin. Blanchard and Co., the New Orleans-based coin and ...

The doubloon coin was used for trading during the ‘Age of Piracy’ in the 18th century, and mentioned in many pirate tales. However, the gold coins were still legal tender from South America as far ...

This has been interpreted as a reference to piracy; a suggestion that the opposition parties are like marauding outlaws on the high sea, preparing to board the S.S. Harper and steal all the gold ...

This meant that the Roman soldier was being paid in silver coins that were potentially up to 250 years old. The modern equivalent is to pay a U.S. Marine today with Spanish doubloons.