Saddle Ridge Hoard

Saddle Ridge Hoard
Gold coins in situ
MaterialGold coins
Size1,427 coins
Created1847 to 1894
DiscoveredNorthern Half of Trinity County, California in February 2013
Present locationTiburon, California

The Saddle Ridge Hoard is the name given to a hoard of 1,427 gold coins unearthed in the northern half of Trinity County, in Northern California in 2013. The face value of the coins totaled $27,980, but was assessed to be worth $10 million. The hoard contained $27,460 in twenty-dollar coins, $500 in ten-dollar coins, and $20 in five-dollar coins, all dating from 1847 to 1894. The collection is the largest known discovery of buried gold coins that has ever been recovered in the United States.

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