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California. San Francisco. Undated (1857) Kellogg & Humbert Assayers. Gold Ingot. 97.77 Ounces. .896

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:100,000.00 USD Estimated At:NA
California. San Francisco. Undated (1857) Kellogg & Humbert Assayers. Gold Ingot. 97.77 Ounces. .896
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170,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (34,000.00)
This item SOLD at 2020 Feb 27 @ 21:57UTC-5 : EST/CDT
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California. San Francisco. Undated (1857) Kellogg & Humbert Assayers. Gold Ingot. 97.77 Ounces. .896 Fine. No. 1030. As Found.

Face Value: $1,810.89 in 1857 dollars. CAGB-740. This large and hefty gold ingot, a product of Kellogg and Humbert, is bright orange gold with the crusty rouge-red patination that is well known among Central America enthusiasts still intact. Among the ingots taken from the briny depths at the time of the now-famous recovery of the S.S. Central America treasure, the hefty weight of this ingot is only about in the median weight range for the ingots in the treasure. Its size, however, is a tribute to the amount of gold still being taken out of the ground in sunny California, nearly 10 years after James Wilson Marshall’s initial “Eureka” moment at Sutter’s Fort on the American River. Excited bidding is the order of the day whenever one of the large-sized S.S. Central America ingots changes hands. With the relatively high price of gold lately, anything can happen here! We don’t think the bidding activity for this prize will let us down!

Grading Company: 97.77 ozs77 ozs

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