1852 $20 Gold Coin Sells for Record $1.35 Million
<i> United Press International</i>
WAYZATA, Minn. — A company has paid $1.35 million for an 1852 $20 gold coin in the first documented purchase of a U.S. coin for more than $1 million. T. G. Morgan Inc., an investment specialist based here, bought the Augustus Humbert gold piece in May, but news of the sale was only verified recently.
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