1853 California Gold What Is It? | Fantasy / Repro With Bear

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nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 12/23/2009 12:35 pm Can anyone shed some light on this. I cant find it in any of my books? Sorry about the pics its from a cell phone through a ziplock baggie Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 12/23/2009 1:04 pm Here is a similar item. The site provides some history Report this Post to the Staff
kena Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1682 Posts	Posted 12/23/2009 1:21 pm Not sure but it does look like ome from this web site: http://www.calgoldcoin.com/bears.htm Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 12/24/2009 3:34 pm It is a modern fantasy California fractional , not a real one. I woud agree that the link provided by Kena is the place to do some searching. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 12/24/2009 4:00 pm anytime you see a bear on the Reverse its a fantasy piece and usually contains no gold. No original California Gold coins has the Bear on it only these type of pieces that are made mostly for tourists and stuff Report this Post to the Staff
nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 12/24/2009 4:12 pm Specific gravity says its 90.2 % gold (17.89) its paper thin and weighs 0.64 grams I am incline to go with the fantasy piece crowd however. Edited by nohope587 12/24/2009 4:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 12/24/2009 8:54 pm some were struck in Gold from what the webpage Kenya posted says so maybe you got one of those but still it wasn't a california Gold coin that was made in the 1800's because none of them have the bear on the Reverse Report this Post to the Staff
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