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Nevada City,CA - Wells Fargo & Co. Gold Bar and Other Shipping Books :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Nevada City,CA - Wells Fargo & Co. Gold Bar and Other Shipping Books :
Lot of two. 1) Small original shipping books from the Nevada City office of Wells Fargo for gold bars shipped. Six line entries per page. Bars were typically sent to Selby Smelting, though many were also sent to various banks, among them the First National Bank at San Francisco The National Bank of North American in New York, and so forth. The bars varied in size and value. Most were valued at between several hundred and several thousand dollars. Each line entry has the troy weight at left., thus most bars ranged from 50 to about 175 ounces. Each page carries Federal revenue stamps R163, R164, with as many as 5 per page, each with the oval Wells Fargo Nevada City Cancellation. At least one page has one of the blue 1c stamps cut in half and cancelled, indicating 1/2 cent. As many as 5 bars were shipped per day. Choice content regarding gold bar shipments from a major gold camp. 2) book, with William Griffin, agent. Six entries per page showing where packages were sent and received, signed by an agent at right. Each page carries up to six US revenue stamps (1c blue series of 1898, documentary stamp R163) cancelled by the Nevada City Wells fargo oval. About 50 pages.