California couple discovers cache of gold coins

One of the six decaying metal canisters filled with 1800s-era U.S. gold coins unearthed by a couple on their property in California’s gold country.  (Kagin’s Inc. / Associated Press)

David Hall of Professional Coin Grading Service in Santa Ana shows one of the 1,427 U.S. gold coins found buried in Northern California. Nearly all of the coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition, said Hall.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

The face value of the gold pieces found by a couple on their property in California’s gold country adds up to about $28,000, but some of the coins could fetch nearly $1 million apiece, experts say.   (Reed Saxon / Associated Press)