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CA - 1976 - California Official Bicentennial Gold Piece Commemorative $50 Slug Facsimile 18K

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
CA - 1976 - California Official Bicentennial Gold Piece Commemorative $50 Slug Facsimile 18K
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Obverse: Official Bicentennial Gold Piece Commemorative (eagle pictorial with "California" banner) Reverse: Old San Francisco Mint (SF Mint Pictorial) 1018/ AMERICA'S BICENTENNIAL 1776-1976/ This California gold piece is a pure 18 karat/ gold commemorative patterned after the famous 1851 $50 gold piece minted in/ San Francisco. It was one of the first gold pieces minted in California. In subse-/quent years, the gold flowing from rich/California mines through the San Francisco/mint contributed to the vast economic/growth of California, the West/and indeed the nation./ Minted by/United States Gold Corporation. 1.206 Troy ounces. Proof like, gem unc.