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Pillar of the Community
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Originally posted by TLS5933
What a great piece of history. I would like to have one just as a piece of Alaskan,North American heritage.
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Looks like you may have to set up an easy pay plan and accept orders right here!!! Actually as much as I hate to say this, if your client is interested in selling, your best bet would be to contact a major national coin auction house to see if they would be interested in a consignment. After they get done hyping them up you would probably be surprised at their worth! In the mean time we can dream of the easy pay plan!!!
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As an Historian as well as an avid Coin Collector I will tell you that these definitely have historical value! I would NOT melt these down. They can be traced to what mine, when and so forth. A major Auction House should be contacted as well as the Assayers Office. Yes, the Gold is valuable, but add that on top of the historical value and you have quite an expensive collection. It may even be possible that the collection should be kept together and not parted with individually. (Although I would love to have one also).
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Oh and a documented record of who your client's Gr, Grandfather was and how he obtained and kept these is of utmost importance to the collection. These could also be marketed to the Genealogy world as well. Your client should think long and hard before parting with these! If finances allow, your client should keep them.
My family parted with the 1st postumously awarded Congressional Medal of Honor belonging to my Gr, Gr, Gr Uncle. It is now in a little tiny museum behind closed doors and not even available for public view. I would do anything to have that Medal back but, the museum won't part with it.
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O-K. I am at the store. The plate measures 1.5 x 2 inches and weighs .490 troy oz. In case your image is hard to read, it says "ROBERT:BENSON on top and BATCH.N:168 bottom line. Robert Benson was the Grandpa's partner and apparently he tried to cheat grandpa out of the ingots, but in the end, the family got theirs. I guess each great grand child got a bunch, so there must have been quite a few. I don't have any idea how many have been destroyed. I did look up Robert Benson on the net and he was mentioned on several sites as a Yukon miner and stake holder. I don't know if the client wants to sell more than the one I have, but depending on what comes up on this very informative forum, we will see... Thanks for all of the info. This is kinda fun! I am attaching a better image. JB Image:  ingot01.jpg12.31 KB Edited by JB Kaiser
05/15/2006 1:20 pm
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this has been one of the more interesting topics in a while...I would love to hear how this ends up!
Bryan
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As a Genealogist as well, I will do a search on this Robert Benson and see if I can come up with anything on him. Who knows maybe Grandpa's name will be mentioned - even though I don't know who Grandpa was - I might be able to figure it out. I'll let you all know if I come up with anything.
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What a piece of history, sure would like to know the whole story.
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Looks like we may be looking at Gold from "Benson Creek". There are two Robert Bensons - one from Nome and the other from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada (ofcourse). Dawson City looks like the one. This was during the Klondike Gold Rush timeframe. The owner of these may be able to confirm or deny this info. I will keep looking.
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Bedrock of the Community
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is there a way to look up serial numbers on silver bars? like if its stamped A.M.C and under that it has O.D.G.S.O. then under that it has the numbers 13-4312? I would like to know how to look up stuff like this if there is a way, if you would like a picture of the bar I can show ya one also, its 10.22 ounces
And what in the world happened to the prices today? Gold dropped to 680.00 and silver to 13.22
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05/15/2006 3:56 pm
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I believe that Canada retained those records.I found a location, but I'm on the wrong computer to check what I found. I'll get back with you on that.
As for Gold today...I think the $700 mark scared a lot of investors even though they know the probabilities of it going much higher. I also saw where some "mining" plans are in the works for new, current and closed mines. That may have had caused some of the decline. Even though new mines will take some time to become operational. Tomorrow is another day!
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Thank you JB Kaiser for the photos and the excitement of sharing such a great story. We will patiently wait for more information concerning these pieces of history.
Dsking, Thank you for your efforts concerning these ingots. Will look forward to seeing what you continue to uncover concerning the gold out of the Yukon. Your efforts are really appreciated and it is very rewarding to see this story come together. Keep us posted!
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Bryan1315 - O.D.G.S.O. Office of Domestic Gold and Silver Operations. This is the "over sight" group for gold confiscations. Here's the web site that will explain them: http://www.usagold.com/cpm/Hoppe.htmlBasically, the silver bar is registered with them. My guess would be A.M.C. is something like American Mining Corp and the 13-4312 is the Bars registered number. Take a look at the site and let me know what you think.  Edited by dsking
05/15/2006 8:49 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Cool Man! thanks alot!!!!
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Posted 05/14/2006 1:57 pm
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