A unique gold coin valued at $2.5 million will be on exhibit at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Atlanta Expo, October 11-13. It is the 1854 Kellogg & Co. $20 gold piece personally owned by Augustus Humbert, United States Assayer of Gold—America’s finest-known Territorial gold coin.

There were three distinct periods of private gold coinage in Gold Rush California, and the firm of John Glover Kellogg was active during the third and final period. A former employee of the United States Assay Office under Moffat & Co. and Curtis, Perry and Ward, Kellogg opened his own firm on December 14, 1853. The Assay Office ceased operations the same day so that its facilities could be converted to house the new San Francisco Mint. Immediately upon its founding, Kellogg & Co. received the endorsement of Curtis, Perry, and Augustus Humbert. The latter gentleman was United States Assayer for California, and he later served as one of Kellogg’s business associates. (more…)

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