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Bangs Merwin & Co. NY Year 1863 No 2204 No 2205 Under patterns pg. 95 They have the twenty dollar and half eagle pieces both in copper Described as proof (View Post)

It’s hard to do online research with a cell phone...Looks like Charles P Britton Sale Jan 29th 1883 sale had a set of these pieces Lot 400 very rare silver patterns Only set the cataloguer has ever s… (View Post)

Fred T Huddard (1864-1919) Spent his life in SF Past President of the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society had a set of these pieces. Source fellow member Edgar H Adams Private Gold Coinage Book I don’t … (View Post)

Who knew, I used to catch these all the time in Santa Monica Bay while fishing for halibut. I threw them all back. (View Post)

I believe in the West I.e. California it circulated freely in both financial arenas and private hands or transactions. In 1873 there was some sort of effort made by the Mint to re fresh the worn down… (View Post)