2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 5

1850 $5 Mormon Five Dollar XF45 PCGS. K-5, High R.5. The 1850 Mormon Half Eagle differs primarily from the 1849 issue as it has a redesigned obverse w

1860 $5 Mormon Five Dollar AU58 PCGS. K-6, High R.5. The 1860 Half Eagle is undoubtedly the most famous and widely recognized of the six Mormon issues

Although gold was discovered at Sutter's Fort near present day Coloma, California on January 24, 1848, it was not until May of the next year tha...

1849 $5 Norris, Gregg, & Norris Five Dollar, Reeded Edge AU55 PCGS. K-3, R.6. The absence of an obverse period after the word ALLOY differentiat...

Oregon pioneers were among the first to hear of the discovery of large quantities of gold in California and among the first immigrants to the gold fie

1849 $10 Oregon Exchange Co. Ten Dollar XF40 PCGS. K-2, High R.6. Production of Ten Dollar gold coins by the Oregon Exchange Company started after the

1849 $5 Pacific Company Copper Gilt Five Dollar Pattern AU50 Uncertified. K-4, High R.7. Sharply struck with the obverse displaying a pole holding the

Count Samuel C. Wass and Agoston P. Molitor founded an assay office in San Francisco in October 1851. Both were Hungarian patriots who were expelled f

1855 $20 Wass Molitor Twenty Dollar, Small Head VF25 PCGS. K-7, High R.6. This Twenty Dollar gold piece was one of the coins issued by Wass, Molitor,

1855 $50 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar VF25 PCGS. K-9, R.5. In addition to Twenty Dollar gold pieces, the firm of Wass, Molitor, & Company on Mercha...