LOS ANGELES (AP) - Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance ... The gold piece — minted in Carson City, Nevada, in 1870 — sold for $1.44 million including the buyer’s premium, a fee paid ...

Since before Nevada statehood, Carson City was considered an important hub. Washoe tribes lived there for nearly 4,000 years before white settlers came to Northern Nevada in 1851. They were ...