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Interesting photos! My late grandmother lived in the Bay area at the time of the shaker. She was just a little girl and her family was in the shipping business. They spent some time on a vessel in th… (View Post)

The entire year's mintage of $5's was delivered from the coiner on a single day in April. I am convinced that this small mintage of coins represented the SF boys simply testing out the dies. This app… (View Post)

The summer of 1861 and I am in Georgia Gulch, Colorado Territory, visiting the private mint of J.J. Conway & Co. I would obtain examples of his $10, $5, and $2 1/2 gold pieces... (View Post)

I actually went to visit the late Henry H. Clifford before he passed away and we chatted the afternoon away talking about the S.S. Central America and other stuff. I showed him the Life magazine arti… (View Post)

Amazing! I wrote an article devoted to these coins for CW a few years ago (View Post)