Medal - California Gold Discovery Centennial Miner Kneeling
Medal - California Gold Discovery Centennial Miner Kneeling
€140,479.00
Location
United
States
Year
1850
Type
Commemorative medal
Composition
Brass
Weight
22.4 g
Diameter
42 mm
Thickness
0.5 mm
Shape
Octagonal (8-sided)
Technique
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Miner kneeling right at riverbank panning for gold
Obverse lettering
THE DAYS OF OLD THE DAYS OF GOLD THE
DAYS OF FORTY NINE
CALIFORNIA
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Copy of U.S. Assay Office $50 gold piece with eagle and shield Standing eagle right, wings spread holding a shield left, ribbon in beak, legend surrounding, fineness in cartouche above, date below
Reverse lettering
IMITATION OF FAMOUS CALIFORNIA FIFTY
DOLLAR GOLD SLUG, USED BY THE PIONEERS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
000 THOU.
FIFTY DOLLS.
* 1850 *
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Mintage
1850 - ` medal alignment - 1850 - Holabird and Kagin number J-132, Jankovsky J120, Weber #34 1930`s -
