Comments on: Rare British Columbia Coins in Million-Dollar Deal

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:30:56 +0000

I too have a coin very similar to the one that Stan describes in the above comment . Mine has most of the characteristics of the silver $20 coin with one side being upside down when turned over. It also has the reeded edges and the weight is very close to the silver coin and yet it is gold in colour. Do you have any info on this coins origins. Thanks. Rob

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:55:16 +0000

Hi Peter: I have a 1862 Government of British Columbia $20 dollar Coin in my collection. It is gold in color but it doesn’t have the sheen of pure gold.I have read what I can find about it In the enclyopidia and was left with a unanswered question. That question is was it ever reproduced for a coin show in a different metal? Stan

By: Peter M.McDonald

Peter M.McDonald — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:12:16 +0000

There were jeweller’s coins made from 9 kt gold at that time but I need to see the designs. There were other small gold coins made in California in the 1900’s

By: Sam Carter

Sam Carter — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:01:45 +0000

Hello: I am preparing an exhibition on BC Design History (earliest to present). I have a number of gold coins from BC. They are small one with goddess and the other with native. Do you have information or can you direct me to an article about these coins that were, apparently, made in the early 1900s?

Regards, Sam Carter