Forty-niner (49er), essential participant in gold rush California history 49er Books Pattern 1849 double eagle (California gold rush era $20 gold piece; actually struck in 1850, the year regular mintage began; the only specimen known!). National Numismatic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.


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