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Millions of dollars in old circulated or worn out gold coin was melted by the Philadelphia Mint in 1873 and 1874. The Director of the Mint wrote in 1874: In explanation of what might otherwise be con… (View Post)

Product of Nathan Joseph SF Most likely circa 1906-1920 Probably 10K gold or less Common die pairing Value $30 I asked a friend of mine an authority on tokens, and CSDG gold (View Post)

On April 30, 1915 , the Mint Director told the P Mint Superintendent to make new sets of dies for the PPIE dollar gold piece and fifty cent silver piece with the San Francisco mint mark and forward t… (View Post)

The mintage and coinage history of the 1866-S No Motto Double Eagle needs to be tweaked a bit. I copied this text from the two prominent grading services online sites. Citation 1: It is likely that 1… (View Post)

Years ago, RWB sent me a large file of Archival material to look at. The following is one of the letters or information contained in that file. I found it to be an interesting slice of California’s G… (View Post)