CoinMan
1854 $20 OBV
A twenty dollar gold piece of 1854, struck at the Philadelphia Mint, likely of California gold. Gold had been discovered in California's Sierra Nevada six years earlier in 1848, and was now shipping East in a steady stream. A new mint at San Francisco opened in the year this coin was struck. There were as well a number of private minting companies in California that struck their own renditions of these coins, with government permission.
More coin stories at my website, www.valuable-coin-stories.com
1854 $20 OBV
A twenty dollar gold piece of 1854, struck at the Philadelphia Mint, likely of California gold. Gold had been discovered in California's Sierra Nevada six years earlier in 1848, and was now shipping East in a steady stream. A new mint at San Francisco opened in the year this coin was struck. There were as well a number of private minting companies in California that struck their own renditions of these coins, with government permission.
More coin stories at my website, www.valuable-coin-stories.com