Check out this 1849 Coin and Story

Smittys

A kid inherited this from his Grandpa and dropped it,
Guess what happened...????















































and it broke open and a 2 1/2 US dollar gold piece in cotton was inside

He needed Insurance money for his car so mom with him let him sell both coins

AuldFartte

That is one neat piece - and a cool story to go with it!

sumnom

That is really cool!

lordmarcovan

Moral of the story?

It pays to go Darkside!

Hyperion

AWESOME!

olmanjon

I saw the coin in person. Awesome machine work on it.