April 12, 2024
1849, United States. Brass "California Gold Rush" $5 Token Coin. R!
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1849, United States. Brass "California Gold Rush" $5 Token Coin. R! Mint Year: 1849 Condition: VF/VF+ Reference: Kagin-1. R! Denomination: California Gold Rush Braided Head ($5) / Miner Token Diameter: 21.8mm Weight: 4.08gm Material: Brass Obverse: Braided diademed head head of Lady Liberty left. Date (1849) below, 13 stars around. Reverse: A kneeled gold miner, holding a huge gold nugget. Mining tools lay at his feet and two palm trees line the horizon. Date (1849) below. Legend: CALIFORNIA / 1849Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed. ! The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information about gold in California were residents of Oregon, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), western Mexico, and Central America. They were the first to go there in late 1848. All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. Of the 300,000, approximately half arrived by sea, and half came overland from the east, on the California Trail and the Gila River trail.The gold-seekers, called "forty-niners" (as a reference to 1849), often faced substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush attracted tens of thousands
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