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The History Of Gold in the United States [INFOGRAPHIC]

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The United States has always had a love affair with the yellow metal.

It all started in Stafford, Virginia in 1782, when Thomas Jefferson documented the first gold discovery himself.

Gold in the United States of America

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Infographic source Visual Capitalist

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