Auction #15
Tokens, Postcards, Checks
And Other Very Fine Items

INGOTS

This is Part II of the Franklin US Mint and US Assay Office silver ingot collection. The third part will be offered in Auction #17 scheduled for the fall of 2002. Please see the Auction #13 catalog for more information on Paul Franklin and these wonderful ingots. Mr. Franklin spent years in correspondence with various US Mint and Assay Office officials trying to get them to make him five ounce ingots. Some cooperated, some didn’t.

440. California. San Francisco. San Francisco Mint Silver Ingot. Mint of the United States/ pic eagle with shield/ At San Francisco (in 30mm oval with single line border as a single gang punch) /2020 / 999.5 Fine. The number 7 is punched on one end facing the reader. On the reverse is punched 13.95 ozs. Overall size 66mm long, 38mm wide, 16mm thick. This pattern is sometimes considered as the oldest pattern, usually noted as pre-1900, but I cannot prove this. Est. $600-1000

441. California. San Francisco. San Francisco Mint Silver Ingot. Mint of the United States/ pic eagle with shield/ At San Francisco (in 30mm oval with single line border as a single gang punch) /1032 / 24.65 ozs/ 999.5 Fine. The number 13 is punched on one end. Overall size 90mm long, 60mm wide, 14mm thick. This pattern is sometimes considered as the oldest pattern, usually noted as pre-1900, but I cannot prove this. Est. $750-1000

442. California. San Francisco. San Francisco Mint Silver Ingot. U. S. Mint / 1959 /eagle with shield/ San Francisco Inside circle 25mm in diameter. 5.39 / ozs / 999.5 FINE. The number 40 is punched on the end facing the reader. Overall size 57mm long, 34mm wide, 8mm thick. The 1946 punch on the reverse of this bar is identical to the 946 of the 25.24 ounce ingot in this group. Est. $600-1000

443. New York. New York. New York Assay Office Silver Ingot. U. S. Assay Office / 1954 / eagle with shield / New York inside circle 26mm in diameter as a single gang punch. / Fine / 999. M@ punched in the end closest to reader. On right side is ozs. 44.09. On the end away from the reader is punched the ingot number 256. Overall size 96mm long, 47 mm wide, 30 mm thick. This is a choice New York bar, finely punched and one of the most attractive in the collection, and certainly one of the best of this group. Est. $800-1200

444. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mint Silver Ingot. 946 / No. 88 / Fine/ 999. / ozs 25.24 / U. S. Mint/ (pic eagle with shield)/ Philadelphia all in circular gang punch 26mm in diameter. Overall size 100 mm long, 40mm wide, 19mm thick. The number 10 is punched on the end away from the reader. I believe this to be a 1946 dated ingot, with the numeral “1” not clearly punched. Est. $650-1000

445. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mint Silver Ingot. U. S. Mint / eagle with shield/ Phila. Inside double ring circle 30mm in diameter. No other markings on the obverse. The number 10 is punched on the end away from the reader. On the reverse is 1946/ Fine/ 999/ ozs/ 5.55/ No.7 Overall size 65mm long, 34mm wide, 8mm thick. The 1946 punch on the reverse of this bar is identical to the 946 of the 25.24 ounce ingot in this group. Est. $600-1000