1851 Humbert $50 Slug Barbary Coast Find
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What a great example of this classic territorial slug!
This coin is pedigreed as "Barbary Coast Find". Does anyone know what the Barbary Coast Find? Is this a shipwreck find?
Cert: https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36753383
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Beautiful coin!
I’m guessing the pedigree refers to a pioneer gold collection, perhaps all San Francisco territorials.
Here is a google reference to Barbary Coast Gold Find:
The "Barbary Coast gold find" refers to the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, on January 24, 1848, by James W. Marshall, which sparked the California Gold Rush and the rapid growth of San Francisco.
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Decent looking slug to, I like 👍
In this context, Barbary Coast was a bar/"red light" district of San Francisco during the Gold Rush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01RaOZRbcGU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Coast,_San_Francisco
As for the Find part, I don't know.
But my guesses would be maybe it was purchased in SF, or maybe discovered during an excavation in that district. Could be interesting if it was an excavation.
This looks like one of google's current AI type responses. It's not correct. I believe they do label it as AI.
My usual method of doing a google search when I think the answer is likely on a wikipedia page is to include word wiki,
so for this I would search on
Barbary Coast wiki
Then you hopefully get a page that has been constructed and checked by people who know the subject matter.
I cheated slightly because I already happened to know Barbary Coast was a district in SF, and I had not heard of "Barbary Coast Find", so I left off the word Find.
Since a search of the > @yosclimber said:
I’m modifying my guess since I couldn’t find a registry set with that name. I’m going with the owner purchasing a family heirloom that was hidden away for generations and giving it a whimsical name reminiscent of the Barbary Coast. I would imagine that a few of these slugs were spent in that district of SF.
Edward G. Robertson??? That's Joel McCrea!
EGR was the bad guy. Not pretty enough for the poster.
My guess would be a fictitious name provided to PCGS by someone with enough pull so as to help the marketing of the piece…
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I do not have a great deal of experience with the PCGS Set Registry. So, this is a serious question, not snark.
The cert verification page for this item indicates that it is in a "private Set Registry Inventory". Is it possible to search for a "private" registry set?
The first San Francisco Mint was located on Commercial Street in the "Barbary Coast" district.
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No. It is not possible to search a private registry. The term “private registry” simply means the coin is registered as owned by someone and registered at PCGS without being in a public, competitive registry set.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Adding "Find" to "Barbary Coast" just adds a little drama. My and wife's favorite casino in Las Vegas was Barbary Coast.We would stay at the Flamingo Hotel where Barbary Coast casino was.
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So you sayin the slug was won in a poker game at the Barbary Coast? This proof 1922 Peace Dollar was!
Thanks for the 'response/info'.