The unprecedented crossover underscores his personal efforts to combat “grade inflation.”
F.D. Kohler (1850) Values
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The F.D. Kohler (1850) series of Private & Pioneer Gold in the U.S. Coins contains 7 distinct entries.
The State Assay Office was authorized on April 12, 1850. That year, Governor Peter Burnett appointed F.D. Kohler, who thereupon sold his assaying business to Baldwin & Co. He served at both the San Francisco and Sacramento offices. The State Assay Offices were discontinued at the time the U.S. Assay Office was established, on February 1, 1851. Ingots issued ranged from $36.55 to $150. An Extremely Fine specimen sold in the Garrett Sale, 1980, for $200,000. Each is unique.
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Templeton Reid (1830, 1849)
C. Bechtler: Carolina & Georgia (1832–1842)
A. Bechtler: Carolina (1842–1922)
Norris, Gregg & Norris: San Francisco (1849–1850)
Moffat & Co.: San Francisco (1849–1850)
U.S. Assay Office - Moffat & Co. (1852–1853)
U.S. Assay Office - Augustus Humbert (1851–1852)
U.S. Assay Office - Moffat-Humbert (1852)
United States Assay Office of Gold (1852–1853)
Cincinnati Mining & Trading (1849)
Massachusetts & California Company (1849)
Miners Bank: San Francisco (1849)
J.S. Ormsby (1849)
Pacific Company (1849)
F.D. Kohler (1850)
Dubosq & Company (1850)
Baldwin (1850–1851)
Meyers & Company (1850)
Schultz & Co. (1851)
Dunbar & Company (1851)
Wass, Molitor & Co. (1852–1855)
Kellogg & Co. (1854–1855)
Oregon Exchange Company (1849)
Mormon Gold Pieces: Salt Lake City, Utah (1849–1860)
Clark, Gruber & Co. (1860–1861)
John Parsons & Company (1861)
J.J. Conway & Co. (1861)
State of California (1851)
Patterns & Die Trials (1849–1861)
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