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3657- 1860 Clark, Gruber & Co. $10 Gold PCGS AU 58

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3657- 1860 Clark, Gruber & Co. $10 Gold PCGS AU 58
<Our item number 120712><B>1860 Clark, Gruber & Co &#40;Denver, Colorado&#41; &#36;10 Gold. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ.</B> Lovely golden toning on this Premium Quality coin. Two minor planchet flakes near the top of K and G on the obverse. A glistening example with a luxurious display of original luster remaining around and within the devices, and agreeable color on both sides. Wonderfully socked by the dies, as well, indeed fully so at the fanciful &#34;peak&#34; first recorded by Zebulon Pike on his journey of discovery in 1806. Clark, Gruber and Company is the most famous Colorado private gold minter.<BR><BR>The Pike&#39;s Peak gold rush began in 1859 but word of the discovery begand to spread East, West, South and North in the Fall of 1858. To further spark the public&#39;s interest, unbelievable fabrications began to appear in print, as though the mere reporting would establish the facts. On 18 September, 1858, the Wyandotte Gazette published a &#34;reliable&#34; account concerning &#36;10,000 in gold dust wh ich had come in from Pike&#39;s Peak: &#34;One man brought in &#36;600.00 as the result of a few weeks work. A small boy had &#36;1,000,which he says &#39;he dug down and found,&#39; and the little fellow says &#39;he can get all he wants.&#39;&#34; This undocumented account was reprinted in the Missouri Democrat on 24 September, and followed the next day by the report of a merchant from St. Joseph, who had come to St. Louis to buy a supply of bacon for the Pike&#39;s Peak trade. This and thousands of other newspaper accounts acted like a magnet to draw hopeful gold seekers to the region from which this &#36;10 gold coin is an all-too-solid reminder of those half-forgotten days. <B>Pop 6; 14 finer, 1 in 60, 4 in 61, 7 in 62, 2 in 63</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 10137&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;20,000-25,000. <I><BR>Ex: Bowers and Ruddy The Garrett Collection Part I Nov. 1979 Lot 536. Ex: Aulick Collection Ex: The Brentwood Park Estate.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 120712<BR><IMAGES><P ALI GN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/120712.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/120712N2.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/120712N3.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>