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RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This made my morning a little more interesting:

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What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake

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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yowzers!
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    kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Was it brought in by some nervous teenaged kid that took $2,000 for it? image
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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can you post a photo with you hand in the shot or something to demonstrate the size of it?
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    OldReadingOldReading Posts: 129
    Ooh Ooh let me say it first.....

    "Please enter me in this most awesome giveaway"
    ---Larry---

    More and more these days I find myself pondering how to reconcile my net income with my gross habits." - John Nelson.
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    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    $1,500...















    j/k - It was a very hefty premium over melt.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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    100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    does that say 54.07 oz @ 909 fine ?
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    TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭✭
    Did you buy that?

    That doesn't say 54.07 oz does it?

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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With the Kellogg & Humbert premium I'd say it's about $40,000
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    ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Can you post a photo with you hand in the shot or something to demonstrate the size of it? >>



    I believe he is in the photo - what looks at first like a smudge is actually Regulated sitting inside the 'O' in Kellog.
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    LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    Interesting stuff like this does not happen at my job. image
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    100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    size wise,its not what ya think !

    @ 54.07 oz its about 3x1x2.25

    gold is very dense,a 1 inch cube weights 10 oz !
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    You say that it can walk? I wanna see that.image
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    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is a picture to give you an idea of its scale - and BTW, it was well over 2X the $40K estimate (the market on these is quite robust, it seems).

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    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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    1907Quarter1907Quarter Posts: 2,770
    nice half btw!
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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the new pic..wow, that's BIG!

    The melt value should be around $32,500 at current prices. If it went for well over 2x40K that is one HECK of a premium but I guess a Kellogg & Humbert bar that size is something pretty darn special. Very cool item!
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    TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭✭
    Did ya nab it from the customer?
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    OldReadingOldReading Posts: 129


    << <i>I believe he is in the photo - what looks at first like a smudge is actually Regulated sitting inside the 'O' in Kellog. >>

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    ---Larry---

    More and more these days I find myself pondering how to reconcile my net income with my gross habits." - John Nelson.
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    RWRW Posts: 485 ✭
    Big deal...the one I have is 54.08 ounces. image
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    holadudeholadude Posts: 316 ✭
    It looks fake like a movie prop. I'll take it off your hands at lead melt +$1 per oz.
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    TassaTassa Posts: 2,373 ✭✭
    That's really cool. image
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    BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Holy Crap!™

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    Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,284 ✭✭✭
    Awesome! How about some pics of the other sides?
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Weren't there tons of fakes made?
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    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here are the other sides:

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    And no, there are not a lot of fake Kellogg & Humbert bars out there. All of the known examples can be traced directly back to the wreck of the S.S. Central America.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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    pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    very, very nice David image
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    Russellp23Russellp23 Posts: 397
    WOW!!
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    JJMJJM Posts: 8,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    oh my!
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    krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    That is really something! Nothing like a little Cali gold rush memorabilia to get the blood moving!

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,862 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It looks fake like a movie prop. I'll take it off your hands at lead melt +$1 per oz.
    image >>




    I'll bid more!

    Coin's for sale/trade.


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    goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    that isn't missing from some moron's garage is it?
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    shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    I thought it was going to be the face of a big bar, but it's a whole one. Very cool, indeed! image
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    cladkingcladking Posts: 30,331 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>WOW!! >>



    Indeed.
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Did you call Manley (sp) and ask how the home renovations are coming? And has he looked in his garage lately? image
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    FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Very cool. At least a 9.5 on the FatMan Coolness Scale. image
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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is really awesome. I would love to hold that in my hands.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
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    mepotmepot Posts: 586 ✭✭✭
    Very cool,where can I get a custom made holder like that for my jumbo gold bar???image
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    tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    That is VERY cool!
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    LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162 ✭
    "SUPER"!!!image


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    holadudeholadude Posts: 316 ✭
    Take a knife to it, I bet it's made of cheese!
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    BOOKBOOK Posts: 223
    WOW Nice find.
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