2009 Gold 2.5 Oz Commem 1852 Humbert California Gold Ngc Gem Proof Ultra Cameo

  

2.5 OUNCE TERRITORIAL GOLD HUMBERT COMMEMORATIVE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH INGOT. STRUCK WITH AN EIGHT-TON PRESS AND VINTAGE COIN-MAKING TOOLS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND MADE FROM AUTHENTIC GOLD INGOTS RECOVERED FROM THE SALVAGED FABLED. MINTED IN 2009 BY THE CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD MARKETING GROUP, NEWPORT BEACH, CA. OCTAGONAL SHAPED INGOT CERTIFIED BY NGC GEM PROOF ULTRA CAMEO. OBV: WITHIN CIRCLE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE ON ROCK WITH BANNER IN BEAK AND CLUTCHING AND SHIELD, BANNER WITH FINENESS ABOVE; INNER LEGEND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

REV: SPIROGRAPHIC DESIGN; RECTANGULAR TABLET WITH LEGEND CENTER "HUMBERT GOLD INGOT COMMEMORATIVE 2008 PURE CALIFORNIA GOLD 2.5 OZ TROY 999.9 FINE". SET SAIL FROM HAVANA TO NEW YORK.

GOLD, ENCOUNTERED A HURRICANE, FOUNDERED AND SANK IN DEEP WATER. IT WAS CALLED "AMERICA'S LOST TREASURE" AND ITS LOSS CONTRIBUTED TO.

THE PANIC WAS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF MANY NEW YORK BANKS DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO MEET PAYROLL AND PAY CREDITORS DIRECTLY DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE. STORES AND FACTORIES BEGAN TO CLOSE AND THE PANIC AND ENSUING CRASH SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND TO EUROPE.

THE FINANCIAL CRISES SHOOK PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE ECONOMY AND SHARPLY CONTRASTED THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTHERN STATES AND SLAVE-OWNING SOUTHERN STATES AND HASTENED THE STEPS TOWARDS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. HAD CARRIED OVER ONE-THIRD OF ALL THE GOLD FOUND IN THE. COLUMBUS-AMERICA DISCOVERY GROUP OF OHIO. CALLED THE FIND, "THE GREATEST TREASURE EVER FOUND" AND "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC TREASURE FINDS IN HISTORY".

THIS PIECE IS BASED ON AN ORIGINAL, RARE FIFTY DOLLAR 1852 GOLD SLUG BY KELLOGG & COMPANY MINTERS & ASSAYERS, MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. THESE COMMEMORATIVES WERE MADE FROM LARGE GOLD INGOTS MADE BY KELLOGG & HUMBERT IN 1857. COMMEMORATIVE CONTAINS 2.5 OUNCES OF 999.9 PURE GOLD. 40 MM FROM SIDE TO SIDE, 45 MM FROM CORNER TO CORNER.

The item "2009 GOLD 2.5 OZ COMMEM 1852 HUMBERT CALIFORNIA GOLD NGC GEM PROOF ULTRA CAMEO" is in sale since Monday, May 11, 2020. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ US\Commemorative\Gold (1903-1926)". The seller is "rarecoincollector" and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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• Certification: NGC
• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated