Desert Riches: Mining, Gold, Numismatics, Americana, 2025 January Auction

Two 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch ingots. One half inch thick. Stamped "M / M / Carlos / 1787 ". 343 grams. Similar ingots have been sold in Holab...

No date, mirror like fields, light scratches. Rarity 2. 10 mm, 0.3 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Frontier, Deviercy & Co., Low rarity 7. Two were recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Winfield Scott. Ten small stars, reversed "4" in...

Interesting pair of 1853 holed fractional gold pieces linked with a gold loop: BG-409; half dollar, D. N. (Deriberpie & Nouizillet), R 3. BG-530...

M. Deriberpie marked his pieces: California Gold / 1 / Dollar / 1853 / DERI. Octagonal, 12 mm; 1.2 grams. F-EF, rim ding reverse. Rarity 5. Date:

Antoine Louis Nouizillet made this Cal fractional gold piece: 1854 eleven stars and date; 1/4 Dol., three pairs of berries on each side. 0.3 grams; 10

Beaded circle type. Octagonal California Gold / 1 dollar / 1854 / F D (Frontier, Deviercy & Co.). 12 mm; 1.0 gram; EF-AU, holed and plugged. ...

Another Period Three Cal Fractional: BG-1304; circa 1906-08; 11 mm; 0.5 grams. Rarity 4. BU condition. (Mike Locke comments this is a BG-1304-A a &q...

1855 Large head, stars close to bun and lowest curl. Rarity 5. 10 mm; 0.5 grams; center hole, overall EF-AU. Date: Country (if not USA): State

1/4 Dol. 1856. 10 mm; 0.3 grams. EF-AU condition, scratches. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

A restrike of BG-1301. Period Three fractional gold pieces made by Herman Kroll are technically restrikes, having been made late in the 19th century a

BU condition; BG-1301 octagonal, 25c, 9 mm, 0.3 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

BU example of this Period Three Cal Fractional dollar. Rarity 4. Octagonal, 11 mm, 0.8 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prov

Made by Robert B. Gray & Co. Liberty head with 13 "crude six-pointed stars"; 1/4 / dollar / 1870. Octagonal, 10 mm, 0.3 grams. F-EF, ...

Robert B. Gray & Co. "incomplete G" variety. Rarity 4. 9.6 mm; 0.2 grams. F-EF condition, minor damage. Date: Country (if not ...

Robert B. Gray & Co. issue: 11 mm; 0.4 grams. Rarity 4. F-EF condition, marks on Liberty's face. Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

Robert B. Gray & Co. issue: BG-922; date slants down to right. R 3. 11 mm; 0.4 grams. EF-AU condition, scratches. Date: Country (if not ...

Robert B. Gray & Co. issue BG-838: repunched "G"; 1871 crowded between stars; 10 mm; 0.2 grams; overall F-EF, plugged hole at 8 o'...

Frontier & Co. issue: 11 mm; 0.3 grams. BU condition but a crease running across the reverse, bent? Date: Country (if not USA): State:...

Frontier & Bellemere 1873 1/4 dollar. 10 mm; 0.2 grams. F-EF, solder spot center of reverse. Rarity 4. Date: Country (if not USA): State...

Frontier & Bellemere issue: five-pointed stars; low rarity 4. Octagonal; 10 mm; 0.3 grams. AU condition, edge cut. Date: Country (if not...

Christopher Ferdinand Mohrig issue: 1874/3 date rests on border; 1/2 / dol / Cal ; octagonal; 11 mm; 0.2 grams. AU condition, scratches. R 6. Rare!

Mavericks Herman J. Brand issue: BG -776: Breen/Gillio say "1" obviously corrected from "7" might just be a sloppy die cut; five...

Rarity 4. 11 mm; 0.3 grams. EF-AU, holed. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

1884 Mohrig token. Period Three issue: Cal Gold / 1884 / Charm // Eureka / Minerva seated. 10 mm; 0.1 gram, AU-BU condition. Date: Country (i

Rarest size counters because of their smallness. Lot of six: two are dated 1890, and are 15 mm ($1 gold pieces are 13 mm); four are dateless but are 1

Lot of seven early brass counters. Four imitate half guinea coins circa 1768; two imitate twenty franc coins; one has a bull. Date: Country (if

Three fractional gold tokens: 1) 1900 Alaska Gold / 1/2 Pinch; octagonal, 10 mm; 0.6 grams; BU condition. 2) 1869 1/4 dollar, "G"; 9 mm; 0...

Hart's Coins of the West 1900 octagonal Indian head obverse; Alaska Gold / 1/2 Pinch. 10 mm; 0.7 grams. F-EF condition. Date: Country (i...

Two examples of the Saint Louis World's Fair of 1904 Louisiana Exposition gold. Obverse: Fleur de Lis; Lettering: 1904; Reverse: Louisiana / ...

When Portland staged the Centennial Celebration of the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905, Farran Zerbe marketed these gold coins "as novel com...

Three examples of the Alaska gold tokens sold at the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Two are 1/4 DWT (10 mm; 0.3 grams), one is 1/2

British Columbia Gold token; 10 mm; 0.3 grams. Obverse: Indian head / 1912; reverse: British Columbia Gold / shield. Struck by Jacoby Bros. Ltd. of Va

Indian Princess Head $1 U. S. gold piece, holed at 11 o'clock. VG-F condition; 1.5 grams; 15 mm. Mintage: 1, 361,355. Date: Country (if not ...

Liberty Head $5 gold piece dated 1882. BU condition. Mintage 2,514,520. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Liberty head $20 gold piece (F-EF condition) in bezel with 26 inch chain that does not test for gold content. Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

Brilliant uncirculated 2004 U. S. gold bullion 1/10 ounce .999 fine gold $5. Weight: 3.393 grams; composition .9167 gold, .03 silver, .0533 copper (n

PCGS certified MS 69 2007 American Buffalo $50 .9999 fine. Mintage: 136,503. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Four 1/10 ounce gold coins made by the Popjoy Mint for the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Dated 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. Obverse of Queen Eli

Handmade gold coin vest, sealed in two places with red sealing wax recovered from the Purser's safe found in the S.S. Central America shipwreck ...

Nice .9 gram gold nugget from the ill fated S S Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, that sunk in a hurricane in 1857 laden with gold from the

Nice lot of small denomination U. S. coinage: 1851 half cent (G); seven large cents: 1838, 1851, 1853 (2), 1855, two unreadable dates (AG-VG); two 190

Nine rolls of circulated wheat back Lincoln cents: one roll 1909-1919; one roll 1920-29; four rolls 1930s; one roll 1940s; two rolls 1950s. Also about

Interesting presentation: seven plastic tubes filled with circulated Lincoln cents dated from 1909-1929 with paper labels numbering the years (and min

Wheatback Lincoln cents were issued from 1909 until 1958. This lot is five rolls of circulated cents, a roll for each decade. 250 pennies. Fill those

Five rolls of circulated Lincoln cents: one from each decade 1909-1919 through 1950-1958. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: P

Due to a copper shortage during the World War Two year of 1943, the U. S. Mint used zinc-coated steel to make pennies. Here are almost 20 rolls of ci

Lot of 15 rolls of BU Lincoln cents dated 1960-D. If you want to take the time to go through to find some D over D, small date over large dates, there

Twenty rolls of BU Lincoln cents: 1959 (3); 1959-D (5); 1961; 1961-D (3); 1962 (2); 1963 (2); 1964-D (2); 1968-S (2). Date: Country (if not US

The infamous "racketeer nickel": 1883 Liberty nickel, gold plated to pass as a five dollar gold piece. Elegantly mounted in a red Capitol ...