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Stack’s Bowers – Unique Harris & Marchand Bar from S.S. Central America Available for Purchase at the Chicago ANA!

View This Amazing Historic Rarity at the ANA World’s Fair of Money

August 16-20, 2011 | Chicago, Illinois | Table 805

The finding of treasure is everyone’s dream. However, treasure is elusive. Of the many thousands of ships that have been lost in the world’s lakes, rivers, and oceans, those few that have been recovered nearly all have lacked rare coins of significance. The most important treasure ever found was that of the S.S. Central America.

Lost in the Atlantic on September 12, 1857, the ship went down with several hundred passengers and a king’s ransom in United States gold coins and ingots from the Gold Rush, in an era in which gold was valued at $20.67 per ounce. No greater or more important American numismatic treasure will ever be found, as no greater treasure was ever lost!

In the 1980s the wreck of the S.S. Central America was located in 7,200 feet of water off the coast of North Carolina and recovered by the Columbus-America Discovery Group. Most national treasures cannot be owned. There is only one Star Spangled Banner, and it is in the Smithsonian Institution. There is only one Declaration of Independence, and it is in the National Archives. While many historical artifacts, accessories, ship components, and other items recovered from the S.S. Central America have been preserved for study by institutions and others, over 5,000 freshly minted 1857-S double eagles, over 500 gold ingots from Gold Rush assayers, and other coins were made available for public purchase by collectors, investors and museums from around the world beginning in 1999. A national treasure to be shared!

One very important example, a unique Harris & Marchand bar attributed to Marysville, California, with a special double stamping of the “all seeing eye” hallmark, was initially purchased by a knowledgeable collector as “first pick” from the entire treasure. The Harris & Marchand ingots remain among the rarest recovered, with only 37 known in total and ONLY ONE from the Marysville office, making this giant gold brick a significant and important rarity. This impressive ingot has been in private hands since that time.

In 2004 the Harris & Marchand ingot serial No. 7095, 174.04 ounces, .942 fine and other S.S. Central America highlights, plus a rich assortment of coins and artifacts, went on a grand tour titled GOLD! This traveling exhibit drew visitors from New York City to Tokyo, with stops in between. The GOLD! world tour ended in Chicago in March 2011, having been viewed by millions. Now the original owner has decided to let his treasure go to a new home.

Never before has this unique gold ingot been offered for public sale. Key to forming the only set of seven different ingot varieties, this 174.04-ounce gold bar is a must own. Investors and collectors alike will appreciate the advantage of owning something with the worldwide appeal of GOLD, sunken treasure, and historical importance all wrapped up in one impressive, easy to display and to store item. This opportunity may not recur in the lifetime of anyone reading these words today.

Price: $2,000,000

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Stack's Bowers Galleries conducts live, internet, and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company's 90-year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection, The Sydney F. Martin Collection, and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few. World coin and currency collections include The Pinnacle Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Salton Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, and The Thos. H. Law Collection. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California with galleries in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Offices are also located in New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, Hong Kong, Paris, and Vancouver.

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