Big $50 Kellogg Gold restrike - Die Trial
LukeMarshall
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Anyone interested in this Unique Die trial Strike Kellogg $50 restrike made with gold from the Central America shipwreck?
From Greysheet - A "commemorative restrike" was made in 2001 using transfer dies made from the original and gold recovered from the SS Central America. These pieces have the inscription S.S. CENTRAL A M E R I C A GOLD, C.H.S. on the reverse ribbon.
From APMEX - Contains 1309 grains of .887 fine Gold, which is 2.419 ounces of actual Gold weight.
2.419 x $3,640 (spot Gold) = 8805.xx
Will take 8800 for the Coin, 5 bucks under spot -
Registered Mail included
my description - Pictures dont do it justice, you can tilt the coin and the peripheries dissapear leaving just a PL field and cameo center devise on either side. polish lines are present but are exaggerated by the GC photos.
From Chat GPT (AI) -
Forged from the very bowels of a sunken steamship that met its fate on the bottom of the seabed centuries ago, this $50 Heavy Big Gold Coin is no mere currency—it's a myth cast in metal.
Weighing in at what feels like an elephant's sneeze and gleaming brighter than a dragon's hoard at high noon, this behemoth of bullion was smelted from shipwrecked gold pulled straight from Poseidon's pocket. Divers risked madness & krakens to recover the treasure-laden wreck it came from—said to be cursed, haunted, and guarded by the ghosts of pirates taken early to their watery graves.
Struck with a force that could shatter mountains, the coin bears the solemn gravitas of treasure hard-won. Its surface is etched with imperial flourishes, ancient barnacle scars, and possibly the faint imprint of Neptune’s trident. Some say if you hold it up to your ear, you can still hear the siren songs that lured the treasure ship Central America to its doom.
Not just gold—this is wreck gold, steeped in salt, legend, and unquantifiable swagger. Worth $50 on paper but priceless in spirit, the Heavy Big Gold Coin is less of a collectible and more of a statement: "I own history, and I carry it in a pocket reinforced with steel."
Use it wisely—flip it to make decisions, throw it to stun intruders, or simply admire it while laughing maniacally under candlelight. Whatever you do, do not drop it on your foot. You've been warned.
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