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the reverse reads: NY/Norris/Gregg


Norris, Gregg and Co. prior to their move westward where they had success with privately minted gold as you of course know


>>> "From my friends, Norris, Grigg & Norris." To further complicate the situation, the names of all three partners are found in the Directory of New York City of 1849 as Thomas H. Norris, Hiram A. Norris, and Charles Gregg. Adams mentions a book published in New York in 1849 carrying an advertisement for the firm of "Norris, Gregg & Norris." The ad explained that the firm, located at 62 Gold Street between Beekman and Fulton Streets, New York, manufactured and dealt "in Wrought Iron Pipes, and Fittings of all kinds."

It is fairly certain that the firm in New York is the same as the one in California. H.A. Norris is mentioned as a passenger on a vessel leaving New York in 1849, bound for California. While both the New York directory and the advertisement spelled Gregg’s name differently from Humbert or the newspaper article, one must question the latter two sources’
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the above was clipped from this site (click link)

the date of the coin (1851) would seemingly conflict with a timeline that puts Norris & Gregg in California by 1849 but I'm reminded that many early gold prospectors kept their east coast operations going as the move westward was originally seen as temporary for many of them

to support this, courtesy of Dennis Tarrant:







the above taken from David Bowers' book California Gold Rush History

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it may seem a leap of faith to try and connect this Large cent to a Gold Rush era private mint but a Bechtler counterstamp is known, albeit on a U.S. gold half eagle rather than anything composed of copper.


What is your opinion? is this a product of the same Norris, Gregg Co.??

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