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1857/0 $10 Gold 49er Horseman Restrike 1855 $50 Gold Kellogg Commemorative Restrike
PCGS Deep Cameo Proof S.S. Central America. PCGS Gem Proof S.S. Central America.
In 1857 the paddle wheel steamer S.S. Central This beautiful coin is a restrike from the original
America sank in a violent hurricane. In her holds lay $50 1855 Proof Kellogg of which there are only about
a vast treasure of California Gold Rush coins. 14 known to exist. These historical restrikes were
The gold wouldn't be located until the 1980s, commissioned and produced by the California
but found new life in these fantastic "Horseman" Historical Society in San Francisco and made from
commemorative restrikes of the famous the original gold ingots recovered from the
$10 Forty-Niner Horseman. famed S.S. Central America.
