They declared the value of the gold, melted the gold into bars to ahipped the bars philadelphia mint to make gold coins. At the time, the largest u. S. Coin was the 10 liberty had gold eagle. Of a newd to the idea larger gold coin. The liberty had coin was designed by the chief engraver of the u. S. Mint, james martin longacre. Since this new coin was twice the value of the 10 eagle, it was nicknamed the double eagle. The double eagle was first struck as a proof coin. Only one of these coins is known to exist and today resides in the smithsonian. It is estimated to be valued at millions of dollars. The obverse of this coin portrays a beautiful rendition of lady liberty adorned by a coronet inscribed with the word liberty. The reverse of this coin depicts a heraldic ego. The double eagle, composed of 90 gold and 10 copper, was an instant commercial success heavily used by merchants and banks. Liberty head gold double eagles are of particular importance due to their low mint edges and fa
Leaders refuse to protect our border and because San Francisco is a sanctuary city. The president went on to call the acquittal of kates accused killer, quote, the final injustice, but an alternate juror in the case says he thinks the panels decision was spot on. He told kpix 5 it all came down to the evidence. An illegal immigrant shot a gun, killed a citizen, and was charged with murder and manslaughter and acquitted. That sounds bad. Reporter it was a verdict that renewed debates on immigration and sanctuary cities. Phil was an alternate juror on the case and had a front row case through the fiveweek long murder trial. I was not surprised by the verdict. I was surprised to see on the news and social media that everyone else was. Reporter the prosecution couldnt prove there was any intent to kill steinle which took first and Second Degree murder off the table. According to the jury instructions, zarate had to be committing another crime at the time kate was shot to be guilty of invol
Here this morning. Lets check the jam cams as we get ready for a monday morning we are all in a good mood eagles victory yesterday but we are ready to go, live look at the blue route southbound working your way out of mid county down toward schuylkill expressway. Is there construction that is out there on the ramp. They have long johns on working hard overnight and anything that didnt, evaporate yesterday, is laying out there in the form of some black ice. Be careful there this morning, to the maps we will go faulk land road not that far from here closed off of new port gap road some down wires from an overnight accident as we go to the ben franklin bridge a live look for the gang coming from south jersey this morning, so far, so good but again, expect some slippery conditions, as we step outside the front door. Speaking of front door we are here on the inside of the front door traders cove at penns place a cool spot that has plenty of things for to us talk about here during our six ho
Good afternoon in the news. A National Senate race takes place in alabama today. A little more than a month since one of the candidates was accused of molestic teenage girls in his 30s. And first, hundreds of people were evacuated from a septa train in Montgomery County this morning. After the train hit an unoccupied car on the tracks. No injuries were reported and the crash caused major delays for septa riders during the morning commute. Bob brooks is joining us from glen side with more. Reporter the big question mark is how did this car come to be on the tracks and what is what investigators are trying to get to the bottom of right now. From chopper 6 hd you knew the impact was bad but an up close look how fortunate it was no one was inside of the car. At 7 15 a. M. The septa train collided with the car between the stations. It was about 7 15 something around there i heard something and i didnt think much of it. This time of day with the commuter traffic its busy. That is mike he wor
Feels like at the airport and more like it is nine below zero, not even below freezing but zero in mount pocono, really brutal stuff here. Again we have dealt with this almost every single winter but you know, first time of the year, can definitely feel most harsh, new there is some pretty substantial win and not that it has allowed a wind advisory for places like rehoboth, south delaware, kent , sussex county, cumberland, atlantic and cape may counties lasting until 10 00 a. M. This cameras well mounted. You dont see a lot of shaking but there is definitely wind to work with at shore points, beaches and delaware. Storm scan will stay that way throughout the day. Later tonight a new clipper comes along and we will talk about that but kid are heading out to school, blue skies, sunshine, you just cant go by it. Factor in the wind, high only 31 but wont feel better than the teens. Freezing cold, freezing cold, hopefully they dent have to go outside for an extended recess because that is v