Composition: California Native Gold Washed (Unknown base metal: Lead or Silver)

Measures: (30mm x 16mm x 9mm), or 1.25" in length x .60" in width x .40" in depth.

Weight: (46.4 grams) 1.64 oz.

Condition: Some flacking of the gold wash from the base metal (SEE PICTURES FOR DISCRIPTION.)

Maker: Possibly M.E. Hart Company

You are bidding on a 1915 California Native Gold-wash Ingot, It was made for the 1915 San Francisco World's 

Fair,(PPIE) Panama-Pacific International Exposition, as a commemortive souvenir commemorating the 1849 discovery of 

gold in California. It has stamped on the topside at the top:"1849 - 1915", in the middle, "CALIFORNIA NATIVE GOLD WASHED", and that the bottom "$30.55----1.475/1000 oz." 

And on one side is stamped: "PAT. APPLD FOR FRED HAHN". Between 4-10 are said it exsist. Some of the California 

Native gold washed ingots are documented on worthpoint.com and heritage action websites. A very nice Souvenir Ingot 

from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Expostion. 

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