The Shogun’s Gold-Solving a Historical Mystery

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The book starts out in a hot attic in South Pasadena, California. Parker West seen below, is an insurance fraud investigator. After jogging a 10K, he retreats to his deceased parents’ attic where he finds some puzzeling items in an old trunk. Parker searches the trunk and is surprised to find a gold coin. He googles it and learns it is valued at over $300,000!

It is called a $20 double eagle despite the fact there is only one eagle on the reverse side of the coin. The reason? It is double the American $10 gold eagle.

Parker also found a wakizashi, a small Japanese sword, an old rifle, and what appears to be an American ledger. He opened the ledger, expecting to find colums of numbers. Instead, he found a lot of Japanese writing.

TO BE CONTINUED…..