Coin Profiles - The 1850 $5 Moffat Gold Coin - A Curious Liberty

As hard as it may be to imagine now, Americans used to use tens of thousands of types of money. It was a veritable "Wild West" of currencies, and today we bring you the tale of a coin from the thick of it: the 1850 $5 Moffat Gold Coin.

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