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23 07, 2018

Colorful 1857-S Double Eagle From SS Central America Treasure To Appear At ANA Philly Show

By |2018-07-23T22:13:59+00:00July 23rd, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Colorful 1857-S Double Eagle From SS Central America Treasure To Appear At ANA Philly Show

  “Supernova” Double Eagle will be publicly displayed for the first time at the ANA World's Fair of Money® in Philadelphia Named the “Supernova,” an 1857-S double eagle with unique, mind-blowing toning was among the thousands of U.S. and world gold coins recovered during the last sunken treasure mission to the fabled “Ship of Gold,” the SS Central America, that sank in 1857. It will be publicly displayed for the first time at the American Numismatic Association 2018 Philadelphia World's Fair of Money. “It is the most beautifully toned gold coin ever seen! It has amazing blasts of colors never seen [...]

10 07, 2018

Unprecedented Grouping of Rare Territorial Gold Coins Aboard SS Central America Treasure

By |2018-07-10T22:12:31+00:00July 10th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Unprecedented Grouping of Rare Territorial Gold Coins Aboard SS Central America Treasure

Some of the finest known Kellogg & Co. and Wass Molitor & Co. San Francisco gold coins are among the 105 historic California Gold Rush Territorial coins recovered during the last expedition to the fabled “Ship of Gold,” the SS Central America, that sank in 1857. The headline-making recovery also includes a rare variety U.S. Assay Office $20 coin and an unusual counterstamped Wass Molitor $5 gold piece. These are some of the latest major discoveries revealed in the continuing chronicle of the United States' greatest sunken treasure, according to the California Gold Marketing Group (CGMG). “We have finished carefully examining [...]