California Gold (1849-1855)

Coin Series

About This Series

Private and territorial gold coins produced in California during the Gold Rush, when the nearest government mint was thousands of miles away. Issuers include Moffat & Company, the U.S. Assay Office of Gold, Kellogg & Company, Wass Molitor & Company, and others. These coins filled a critical need for reliable currency in the booming gold mining economy.

About This Series

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1852 California Gold $50

1871 California Gold Double Eagle

Baldwin & Company (1850-1851)

Blake & Co. (1856)

California Gold Ingots

Cincinnati Mining & Trading Company (1849)

Dubosq & Company (1849-1850)

Dunbar & Company (1851)

F. Myers & Co. (1849)

Ithaca Mining Company (1849)

J.H. Bowie (1849)

J.S. Ormsby (1849)

Kellogg & Company (1854-1855)

Kohler & Company (1850)

Massachusetts & California Company (1849)

Miners' Bank (1849)

Moffat & Co. (1849-1853)

Moran & Clark (1849)

Norris, Gregg & Norris (1849-1850)

Pacific Company (1849)

Pelican Company (1849)

San Francisco Standard Mint (1851)

Schultz & Company (1851)

Smith & Company (1862)

State of California (1851)

U.S. Assay Office (1852-1853)

U.S. Assay Office / Humbert (1851-1852)

Wass, Molitor & Company (1852-1855)