Tag: fantasy
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Thorne Mining & Refining Co
Read more: Thorne Mining & Refining Co2.995 oz Thorne Mining and Reduction Co. Gold Ingot, Arizona Much has been written on the Thorne ingots. These ingots, like those of the Eagle Mining Co., also surfaced in the late 1960s. More than 80 silver ingots are known, and just a few (3) gold ingots are known. It was opined that these were sold…
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Baldwin & Co
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Read more: Baldwin & Co$56.60 Baldwin & Co San Francisco 1850 No 1794 Gold Ingot Obverse Image: Eagle with olive branches and arrows clutched in talons. Obverse Text: BALDWIN & CO. / 1850 / SAN FRANCISCO / NO 1794 / 880 THOU / DWT 62 1/4 DOLLS / 56.60 CTS Reverse Text: TO MY DEAR WIFE HELEN OCT 1851…
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Adams & Co
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Read more: Adams & Co$54.33 Adams & Co, No 934, 1851 San Francisco California Gold Ingot Obverse Text: ADAMS & CO. / NO. 934 / DWT / 881 THOUS / 57 1/12 / $54.33 Reverse Text: SMV / DOLS / CTS / 54. / 33 Edges: W.M & CO. ASSRS / 1851 / SAN FRANCISCO / CAL. Measures: 2.4…
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Bank of California
Read more: Bank of California$30 Gold Hill Nevada Bank of California 1867 Gold Ingot Obverse Text: W. SHARON AGENT / GOLD HILL NEV. 1867 Reverse Text: BANK OF CALIFORNIA / 900 THOUS / $30. This ingot is now permanently housed at the Smithsonian Institution – formerly from the Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection. See: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1102607
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Santa Rita Mining Co
Read more: Santa Rita Mining Co13.74 oz Santa Rita Mining Co, Arizona Territory, Dated 1878, $233.55 From the Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection, permanently located at the Smithsonian Institution. Ex F. C. C. Boyd Collection. See: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1102657
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Virtue Gold and Silver Co
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Read more: Virtue Gold and Silver Co3.64 oz Virtue Gold & Silver Company Silver Ingot, dated 1966, $4.70, 999 F Thin rectangular bar bearing inscriptions on each of the four sides as follows: Extremely Fine. Attractive toning. Attributed by Henry H. Clifford to the Utah Territory. Obtained by Henry H. Clifford from Kenyon V. Painter, in March, 1958; ex New Netherlands…
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Gold Prince Mill
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Read more: Gold Prince MillThe Gold Prince Mine was reported by Eberhart in Guide to Colorado Ghost Towns to be the largest mine in Animas Forks. It prospered in the late 1870s and throughout the 1880s. The Gold Prince Mill was moved to Eureka in 1917, and Animas Forks was all but deserted by the early 1920s. $94.76 Gold…
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Eagle Mining Company
Read more: Eagle Mining CompanyThe name “Eagle Mining Company” is sufficiently popular and general that it is difficult to precisely pinpoint the exact location of the firm. John J. Ford, Jr. advises that in the 1860s and 1870s at least two companies operated under this name in Gilpin County, Colorado. The Mines of Colorado, 1867, notes of the Eagle…
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Union Mine
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Read more: Union Mine3 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…