I have made information about these pieces available because of the large amount of mis-information that exists. Also, I want to encourage you to contact me with descriptions of the items that you own. Of course, these lists are also useful for understanding my for sale list. Please peruse the links provided at the left. Some of links are aging a bit, but the information is still valuable.
My denominated California Gold guide is an update to the period 1 section of the 1st edition of "California Pioneer Fractional Gold" by Breen and Gillio. The 2nd edition of the book is more up to date.
If you can't find the answers to your questions here, try www.calgoldonline.com. You will find a complete illustrated list of denominated California gold coins as well as discussion groups on the subject.
Some of the web pages bring up a lot of pictures and may cause problems if you have a slow
internet link or a computer with insufficient memory.
If you have trouble with the pictures, try this:
Disable automatic picture display
Read the text descriptions to find a token of interest
Right click the blanked picture and select "show picture"
With Internet Explorer 5.50, use Tools->Internet Options->Advanced(TAB)->Multimedia(topic)->Show Pictures (check box)
If you don't want to disable Show Pictures and the page comes up incompletely, try hitting the refresh button once or twice.
The connection speed problem can be fixed by subscribing to ADSL service (demand a a modem powered by TI DSP!) and a premium quality ISP such as SCROnline. Once you've experienced either you will never turn back.
To email me:
Mike Locke (lockem@calgoldcoin.com)