Rare Ingot – Vintage Silver, Gold Bars, and Rare Bullion

Category: Nevada

  • Nikola Barovich

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    Nikola Barovich Biography Nikola Barovich was born on December 31, 1830, at Janjina, near Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Dalmatia. At the age of 18 he became a sailor and embarked upon the Croatian sailing vessel Fanica.Flying the Croatian tri-color (trobojnica), the Fanica, commanded by Captain Ivan Kopatich, in 1849 entered the port of New York, with a…

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  • Leopard Mining Co

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    Only one of its kind know to exist, mining presentation ingot dated September 30, 1879 From Leopard Mining Company out of Cornucopia Nevada. According to Thompson and West (1881, p. 393), silver ores were discovered and the district was organized in 1872. “The excitement incident to the discovery of the district caused the building of…

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  • Rochester

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    2.43oz Rochester, NV ingot (96+% silver, 1.21% gold, 1.32% lead) Rochester is a well-known ghost town in Nevada. Rochester (which was originally 3 towns that melded together) and the surrounding Rochester Mining District was one of the most successful in North Central Nevada, producing more than $6 million in silver, gold, copper, and lead. In…

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  • Sargent Ledge

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    Nevada Territory. Unionville / Buena Vista, Sargent Ledge, Ferguson Company. Silver Ingot to Abraham Bateman This unusual silver ingot (ex J. J. Ford Collection when it was sold in 2007) is in the form of a presentation plaque, with a hole for (presumably) carrying on a watch chain or perhaps a larger place. It was…

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  • Nevada Silver Co.

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    The Nevada Silver Co. was incorporated in Nevada on January 18, 1919 by C.E. Crowley, H.K. Linger and Ed Wynn (lawyers and a constable), all directors and officers located and living in Idaho Falls Idaho. Their resident agent in Nevada was W.H. Leonard in Rawhide, Nevada, whose office was listed as in Room 1 of…

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  • Union Mine

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    3 oz Union Mine, Value: $24.35, Mixed Metal Ingot From the Lily Collection, now housed at the Smithsonian Institution. Likely a fabrication that was routed through Ford. This is the only known ingot of its kind at this time. Obverse Text: GOLD 354 / SILVER 619 F / UNION MINE / REWARD CAL / B…

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  • J. D. Minor

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    2.88 oz 1869 Presentation Silver Bar to J. D. Minor  2″x 7/8″x 3/8″. 2.88 troy ounces, $3.77 Face Value J. D. Minor (c1830-1911) is a bit of an enigma despite the important roll he played in Humboldt County and the State of Nevada. He held Humboldt county political positions from 1863 to 1870. The last…

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  • William Sharon

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    Assayer Edward Ruhling’s Presentation Ingot to William Sharon, circa 1869 This important silver ingot was first illustrated in the book, The Anatomy of an Ingot (Franklin, 2012, p. 12). It is ornately engraved “Presented to William Sharon, Esq. by E. Ruhling & Co., Virginia City, Nevada.” It measures 2 1/4″ x 1 3/16″ and weighs…

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  • A. Soderling, Assayer

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    August Soderling, a Swedish immigrant, was the assayer and manager of Theall and Co. in Austin, Nevada during the 1860s [Ref: Gariaeff, Nick, “August Soderling,” 2010]. A. Soderling was a well known assayer in Nevada mining camps, who later worked in such places as Bodie and Treasure Hill. Mark Twain wrote an article titled, “Silver…

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