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,-,E. Justh Assay Receipt

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,-,E. Justh Assay Receipt
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1859-Oct. 26, 1859, receipt from Assay office of E. Justh, 104 Montgomery St. San Francisco, for 91.65 oz. of gold valued at $1688.55. To WF CTH Palmer in Folsom, California. Note in lower left corner "contains iridium." 5.25x10.5." Emil Justh had come to San Francisco in 1850 fleeing from the political problems of Hungary. He partnered with Solomon Hunter in 1855 but the business dissolved in 1857. Their ingots became famous upon the recovery of the S.S. Central America He sold his refinery in 1861 to Kellogg, Huston and Co. and left San Francisco to become a New York stock broker. He died in Paris in 1883. HKA#64245