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 | | Incredibly, these coins are struck with working dies transferred from John Grover Kellogg's original 1855 dies and gold from 69 actual California gold rush monetary ingots produced at his assay office in San Francisco, and which were recovered from the SS Central America shipwreck. |
 | | As compared to a Kellogg Restrike, it is a much smaller piece, struck only in silver (not gold), no "Ship of Gold" pedigree, not in proof condition, and it was a simple copy made by a coin dealer in the early 1900s without using original dies. |
 | | At the Kellogg's release price of $5000, many Americans have the means to own a magnificent numismatic piece that is truly a historic symbol of classic early Americana. |
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