NOTE: The ingots below are believed to be fantasy pieces, not genuine made by the referenced company. Instead we classify them in the “Fantasy” category.
Leeds Mining Company. Silver Reef, Washington County, Utah. Silver assay ingot. December, 1877
Overall appearance of Extremely Fine. A pleasing if rough small ingot fairly well formed and clearly meant as a souvenir or memento. Medium to deep silver gray in color. Back stamping legible despite being on the cooling face of the bar. All inscriptions accomplished by individual punches, no logotypes in use.
- Face: UTAH / SILVER / LEEDS / MINING Co / DEC / 1877.
- Back: C 890 / 1000 F / 3.00 DOLS / 2.65 .OZS.
- Top side: blank.
- Bottom side: blank.
- Left side: blank.
- Right side: blank.
- Dimensions: 32.8 x 26.4 x 10.8 mm.
- Current weight: 81.69 gms.
From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection
Provenance: Mr. Ford’s informational card that accompanies the lot notes this bar was sold to D.K. (Don Kiefer) in August, 1953, that it went from Kiefer’s estate to New Netherlands Coin Company on November 6, 1954, and that New Netherlands sold it to Art Kagin on May 5, 1956. In June, 1958 it was part of the Kagin Reference Collection.
[10/2007] https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-AV6N3/leeds-mining-company-silver-reef-washington-county-utah-silver-assay-ingot-december-1877 ($17,250)
$20 Leeds Mining Co – Utah, No 16 Gold Ingot
Obverse Text: UTAH / GOLD / LEEDS / MINING / CO.
Reverse Text: NO. 16 / 898 THOU / TRUE / VALUE
Dimensions: 2 cm x 1.9 cm; 25/32 in x 3/4 in
Housed at the Smithsonian Institution.
See: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1102431