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The Sunday Chronicle December 28, 1884 (SF newspaper) taken from the New York Mail and Express New Use For Trade Dollars Match-Boxes, Cigarette-Cases and Pocket -Pieces Made of Silver A new use has b… (View Post)

The 1854-S gold dollar in an important first year issue for the West Coast On April 29 703 coins were delivered to the Paying Clerk from the Coiner 1 coin was selected and sent back East to the Direc… (View Post)

There have been many threads on this topic over the years, including the $50 Kellogg and Co restrikes struck from melted down Kellogg & Humberto gold bars recovered from the wreck of the SS Centr… (View Post)

Nice collection of real and fantasy bars. To get bars like the “Star Mining Co. “ out of Europe and or to hold and transport within the U.S. one had to apply to the U.S. Treasury Department for a lic… (View Post)

I always thought the 1864-$5 and $10 were both very rare coins All of the $5 coins were received by the Paying Clerk from the SFBM Coiner on July 11 The Paying Clerk wrote 3,880 Half Eagles However t… (View Post)