Category: States & Countries
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A. L. Simondi Assayer
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Read more: A. L. Simondi Assayer6.00 oz (ca. 1870s) Silver City, Idaho. A.L. Simondi Assayer Ingot. Mixed metal, Face Value: $7.55. 55.6 mm x 28.8 mm x 11.2 mm. Obverse Reads: NO. 1589, OZ 6.00, G. 12 F, S. 974 F, G.$1.48, S.$7.55. Reverse: A.L. SIMONDI ASSAYER., SILVER CITY, IDAHO A simple but handsomely made little bar with neatly squared…
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Fred A. Miller, Assayer
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Read more: Fred A. Miller, AssayerFred (ED) A. Miller, Assayer, Austin, Nevada. 1863-1865 A Silver Ingot Made for Circulating CurrencyBy Fred N. HolabirdIntroduction The Fred Miller silver ingot is one of the most important of the silver ingot discoveries of the past few years. He may have been the Pioneer assayer at Austin, Nevada and with partner David Lundbom, who…
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Maxon Mine
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Read more: Maxon Mine4.92 oz 1876 Silver Presentation Ingot. Amador City, California. Maxon Mine. .987 silver. $5.28. 55.4 mm x 17.9 mm x 13.7 mm. Choice Near Mint State.A beautifully accomplished anonymous presentation ingot from the Sierra Nevadas, less than 50 miles from the famed Sutter’s Mill. Top face is neatly engraved “Maxon / June 28th 1876” inside…
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Conrad Wiegand, Assayer
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Read more: Conrad Wiegand, AssayerWiegand was a notorious assayer, who got his start at the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. His behavior was so disruptive, and assays of questionable quality (they often did not check or agree), that a mint employee once wrote to President Lincoln asking for his dismissal, and the letters are still on file in the…
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M. D. Short & Co, Assayers
Read more: M. D. Short & Co, Assayers4.18 oz August 1865 M.D. Short & Co. silver Colorado Ingot. 130.0 grams. An irregularly shaped ingot engraved “FIRST PIECE OF SILVER OF ANY SIZE SMELTED IN COLORADO / ORE MINED, SILVER EXTRACTED IN SNAKE RIVER DISTRICT SUMMIT CO. / AUG. 1865 / BY M.D. SHORT & CO.” on four lines. An amazing piece of…
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King Webb & Company, Assayers
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Read more: King Webb & Company, AssayersVirtually nothing is known about the business or personal histories of Mark A. King or Edward Webb. They are listed in the 1867 edition of Pacific Coast Business Directory as assayers and bankers in Idaho. Subsequent references to one or the other partner in the firm have them in Silver City, Idaho Territory and Portland,…
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Blake & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Blake & Co, AssayersThe following information on F.W. Blake is taken from Stack’s catalog for Part XXI of the John J. Ford, J. Collection, October 2007, which in turn is attributed to A Historical Description and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho (January 1898, Silver City Idaho), p. 101: Owyhee Avalanche (1898). Blake, Mr. F.W., was born in…
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N. A. Boles, Assayer
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Read more: N. A. Boles, Assayer$1.02 N.A. Boles, Assayer. Prescott, Arizona. Silver assay ingot. Overall appearance of Fine. A very rough, crude, and unfinished bar almost straight from the mold. Medium silver gray color. The surfaces are rough and pitted, the faces are unfinished, and the legends are accomplished in individual punches. The $ punch was made by punching a…
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Arizona A.F.E.
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Read more: Arizona A.F.E.Button shaped silver ingot marked: 0.65 oz Arizona / A. F. E. / Dec 1882. Not much is known about this silver ingot. It is small button shaped and weighs less than 1 troy ounce! 21 mm in diameter; 7 mm thick; 20.3 grams. Arizona Last sold at a Holabird Auction in late 2023 for…