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Sale 90
January Pre-Long Beach Auction
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Lot 2166 |
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1898 Dated Alaska One Pinch. Head Left, Octagonal. Hart's Coins of the West. NGC graded MS-65. These are scarce and desirable in all grades, here is one that has earned the MS-65 grade level from NGC which makes it far more desirable. The obverse design on this octagonal coin shows an Indian Chief facing left, wearing full headdress, with date below and surrounded by 13 stars. The reverse has an open laurel wreath within which reads ALASKA GOLD ONE PINCH. A handsome gem!
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
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$823 |
Lot 2167 |
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1855 Wass, Molitor & Co. (San Francisco) $10 Gold. PCGS graded AU-53 PQ. Gold Foil Tag. This is a prized rarity that is seldom available at all. Perhaps 100 or so exist in all grades. The final digit was updated on the obverse die by drilling out the prior digit and inserting a small piece with a 5 in place for the current date. These circulated for a short time but many had likely disappeared by 1857 when the S. S. Central America sunk. A few old tenor coins like this one went along for the ride and were recovered in that historic time capsule. Any territorial gold specialist has to acquire one of these rarities, and they offer an historic link to the early days of the California gold rush and a glimpse into the politics where the Wass, Molitor & Co., firm started production of coins again despite the new San Francisco Mint being opened for over a year. The vast majority of these Wass, Molitor & Co., coins were melted and converted into San Francisco gold conage soon after they entered circulation. Frosty untoned example. SSCA 7280 (PCGS # 10354) .
Estimated Value $25,000 - 30,000.
Ex: S.S. Central America.
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$30,550 |
Lot 2168 |
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1855 Kellogg & Co (San Francisco) $50 Gold Commemorative Restrike. PCGS graded Gem Proof. Struck in San Francisco September 2001. These huge gold coins were struck from transfer dies made from the original 1855 Kellogg and Company dies. The planchets were made from original Kellogg and Humbert assayers gold ingots recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. This coin has a stamp on the reverse above the eagle showing the exact date struck in 2001. This coin also bears an inscription "S.S. Central American Gold C.H.S." on the reverse ribbon. This coin is listed in the Guide Book.
This coin comes with a custom hand-hammered copper frame with gold imprinted purple ribbons - modeled after the San Francisco Jeweler's Shreve & Co., for the famous 1915-S Panama-Pacific commemorative coins.
A truly historic commemorative coin struck from the actual gold recovered from the S.S. Central America ship wreck.
Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,000.
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$3,525 |
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