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Justh Assay Office and Gold and Silver Refinery assay (SS Central America Treasure Related) (108361

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Justh Assay Office and Gold and Silver Refinery assay (SS Central America Treasure Related)  (108361
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Signed by Justh himself! Assay # 2547 fir 74.42 ounces of ore; 68.28 after melting. To WH Ladd & Company. The Hungarian-born Emil Justh, a lithographer by trade, arrived in San Francisco in 1851 and opened a lithographic printing office. The business closed, after which Justh eventually became an assistant assayer in 1854 at the newly opened San Francisco Mint. In 1855, after leaving the Mint, Justh formed an assaying partnership with former Baltimore merchant Solomon Hunter. Justh & Hunter bars were part of the find of the S. S. Central America.

Provenance: The Fred Holabird Collection
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City/County: San Francisco
Date: 1860