Lot 2783
1852 Moffat & Co. (San Francisco) TWENTY DOLS. 2 over 1. Sharpness of VF-20. Cleaned and repaired with natural wear from circulation (these did hard duty in gold-rush California of the early 1850s). The Type with 884 Thous fineness is several times scarcer than the more often seen .900 Fine pieces. The earlier firm of Moffat & Company was dissolved in 1852 and a newly reorganized company known as the Unnited States Assay Office of Gold took over the government contract to strike gold. The principals of the Assay Office were Curtis, Perry, and Ward.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
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