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CA - San Francisco,Marin County - Lead Ingot

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Bullion Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 200.00 USD
CA - San Francisco,Marin County - Lead Ingot
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!!!
3/4" x 3"1/2" 3.65ozt. Selby Smelting & Lead Co. San Francisco Challenge Metal. The Selby Smelting Company was orgainzed in 1865 by Thomas H. Selby and Peter Naylor of New York. The lead produced here was used at the Selby Shot Tower in San Francisco. In 1879 the company purchased the property and business of the Pacific Refinery and Bullion Exchange. They refined gold, silver, and lead, and became the only private refinery on the west coast (http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7h4nb206/).