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NV - Virginia City,Storey County - 1863 - Gold & Silver Specimen - Virginia City, Nevada

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
NV - Virginia City,Storey County - 1863 - Gold & Silver Specimen - Virginia City, Nevada
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!!!
One gold and silver ore specimen from the Comstock Lode. This was a massive silver and gold deposit which produced most of its ore between 1859 and 1874 and is the reason Nevada is known as the Silver State. This sample measures 12 x 6 x 1.5 cm and is a cut slab of a quartz vein from which the gold and silver is located. Within the specimen is free gold and the silver ore minerals argentite and stephanite.