A man in Kentucky found a buried cache of nearly 700 gold Coins from the Civil War period, known as the "Great Kentucky Hoard," which is rumored to be worth millions of dollars. The coins consist of $1, $10, and $20 gold dollars issued by the US Mint between 1840 and 1863. The original owner may have buried the coins to avoid being identified as a collaborator with the federals during the time when Kentucky was neutral. The rarest items in the hoard are the 1863-P $20 1-ounce gold liberty coins, which can fetch six-figure sums at auction.

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