The U.S. never struck a $40 gold piece.
You may have a privately-minted coin or something similar. Please post a new question with more details to help ID it.
The price of 14k gold is $25-40 per gram. You can expect a markup if you are buying a piece of jewelery and not just solid gold.
There are a lot of factors that go into the possible price of a pawn item. How much of it is pure gold, the current value of that gold, and if the pawn shop feels it can sell the piece. On average one shouldn't expect to get more than 40% the worth of the pure gold of the piece.
They migrated because the west was "new," and the government had promised them 40 acres and a mule. They had heard of the California Gold Rush, and they wanted a piece of the action.
14 karat gold is 58.33% Gold and more than 40% copper. In other words, to make 14 karat gold you mix gold and copper in the proper percentages.
525 is not gold. If you misread however:585 is 14ct925 is sterling silver
Zero as 40 carat gold does not exist
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The price of 40 ounces of gold is 56 290 US $ (USA, 29.08.2013).
They migrated because the west was "new," and the government had promised them 40 acres and a mule. They had heard of the California Gold Rush, and they wanted a piece of the action.
Louis-Leopold Robert died on March 20, 1835 at the age of 40.
20.00 ÷ 40 = 0.50