Best of The West - February 2014

c1854 The assay results are printed on thin blue Adams & Co ledger measuring 7 ¾” x 9 ¾” ¾.” The names of Adams & Co. and th...

c1859 Lot of 2: pair of "Kellog & Hewston & Co. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited" receipts. Both indicate before and after me...

1858 Another choice rarity for any SSCA gold ingot collector. No. 7664 Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited by W.F. & Co – C.T.H. Palmer. Palme...

Lot of six memorandums of deposit for gold and silver bullions at. Talapoosa was small mining community that was worked at early as 1864 according to

1861 This is a memorandum of gold deposited at the assay office of S. Molitor & Company at 418 Montgomery St. in San Francisco. It’s dated June...

1959 Measures approximately 2.25" wide x 3.5" long. Obverse: US Mint San Francisco Seal/18.19oz/999.75FINE - HKA#64833

c1918 Lot of 5: US Mint Services receipts, "Memorandum of Gold/ Silver Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at San Francisco.&qu...

c1852 Collection of four different Rhodes pieces. 1) No 305. Dec. 27, 1853. Signed by famous assayer and expressman F.W. Blake. Fancy border at left.

Obverse: Universal/Silver/1001 Grams/.9999 Pure/Assayho25. Measures approximately 3 x 3.25”, 0.65” thick. 9999 Fine. This unusual squaere ingot appear

This is a very piece that commemorates “The International Competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California.” On o

c1873 Lot of 2: rare Denver Mint assay forms, 1 from 1873, No. 131, for rich ore from Gold Hill, Colorado. The other is a Memorandum of Gold Bullion,

c1878 US Mint Memorandum of Golld Bullion deposited at the Mint in Denver, dated September 18, 1878. The gold (am gold) amounted to $2023.16, by teh

c1945 This 1.25" x 0.5" pendant features a high relief, oblique view of a Colorado Silver mine. The scene shows a steep-walled canyon typ...

c1900 Cute silver ingot weighing 0.91 troy ounces. Punched "Silverton / N.S.S.M.C. (backwards C)." 1.2" x 0.50" x 0.25". T...

c1905 This small gold ingot is individually letter punched “Wild/ Horse/ Cons. Gold/ Mng. Co./ Colo./ 1905// oz. 2.3/ ths.675/dol.40.95/lot 9/assay...

1873 This is a rare receipt for bullion from the United States Assay Office in Boise City, Idaho. It’s dated July 1, 1873. It’s in the amount of $347

1875 This is a very rare and early assay receipt for deposit at the United States Assay Office in Boise City, Idaho. It’s dated July 24, 1875 and is

c1900 This lot consists of three metal bars, probably a salesman sample and might even could have been a Paperweight or a Repairman's Hammering...

1880 1) Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the United States Assay Office in Helena, MT Move, 10th, 1883. 9 Ounces Dust by P.V. Jackson Red Bluf

c1908 A very clean Seederer-Kohlbusch Inc. analytical balance scale out of Jersey City, NJ. Likely dates to the early 1900s. Includes balance arms an