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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the State of California (1851) series of Private & Pioneer Gold in the U.S. Coins contains 4 distinct entries with CPG® values between $20,000.00 and $20,000.00. The enigmatic later issues of Templeton Reid were probably made from California gold. Reid, who never went to California,

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the State of California (1851) series of Private & Pioneer Gold in the U.S. Coins contains 4 distinct entries with CPG® values between $20,000.00 and $20,000.00.

The enigmatic later issues of

Templeton Reid were probably

made from California

gold. Reid, who never went to

California, was then a cottongin

maker in Columbus, Georgia,

where he died in 1851.

The coins were in denominations

of ten and twenty-five

dollars. Struck copies of both

exist in various metals. The only example known of the twenty-five-dollar piece was

stolen from the cabinet of the U.S. Mint on August 16, 1858. It was never recovered.

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1851 G$2 1/2 State of California MS
1851 G$2 1/2 State of California MS
1851 G$5 State of California, San Francisco Mint MS
1851 G$5 State of California, San Francisco Mint MS
1851 G$10 State of California MS
1851 G$10 State of California MS
1851 $20 State of California, Gilt, K-4 MS
1851 $20 State of California, Gilt, K-4 MS
Value Range: $20,000 - $20,000
$20,000 - $20,000

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