1851 Liberty Double Eagle
With One Pinch of CA Gold Dust
AU-58 (PCGS).
The wreck of the S.S. Central America offers coins from a variety of dates, denominations, metals, and countries. Not only did the cargo of the ship sink, the contents of the passengers were also lost. Among the recovered coins, we see items from the Philadelphia, Charlotte, Dahlonega, New Orleans, and San Francisco Mints; various Territorial and Assay coins from the U.S. Assay Office of Gold, Moffat & Co., Kellogg & Co., and Wass, Molitor & Co.; California fractional gold; counterstamped coins from W.W. Light, J.L. Polhemus, and H.H. Pierson, among others; and foreign coins from Sardinia, Colombia, Costa Rice, France, Great Britain, Nueva Grande, Sweden, Mexico, and others. The amount of treasure coins on board the ship was vast, and as a result, it has given collectors of every background something to collection. Below, we feature some of the coins that were recovered and have since sold through Stack’s Bowers Galleries auctions. To view a full listing of S.S. Central America coins that we have sold, we invite you to search through our Auction Archives.
United States Gold Double Eagles
1851 Liberty Double Eagle
With One Pinch of CA Gold Dust
AU-58 (PCGS).
1851-O Liberty Double Eagle
With the Original Marketing Box
EF-45 (PCGS).
1852-O Liberty Double Eagle
With the Original Marketing Box
AU-53 (PCGS).
1854 Liberty Double Eagle
Breen-7168, Large Date
AU-58 (PCGS). CAC.
1854-S Liberty Double Eagle
Variety-11A, Broken A
AU-55 (PCGS). CAC.
1855 Liberty Head Double Eagle
With One Pinch of CA Gold Dust
MS-62 (PCGS). CAC.
1855-S Liberty Head Double Eagle
14E, Bold S
MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.
1856-S Liberty Head Double Eagle
17O, No Serif, Left S
MS-65 (PCGS). CAC.
1857-S Liberty Head Double Eagle
Bold S
MS-67 (PCGS). CAC.
United States Gold Eagles
1847 Liberty Eagle
S.S. Central America Gold Label
AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.
1854-S Liberty Eagle
S.S. Central America Gold Label
AU-55 (PCGS).
1856-S Liberty Eagle
S.S. Central America Gold Label
AU-55 (PCGS).
1857-S Liberty Eagle
S.S. Central America Gold Label
MS-62 (PCGS).
United States Gold Half Eagles
1839 Liberty Half Eagle
With One Pinch of CA Gold Dust
F-15 (PCGS).
1851-D Liberty Half Eagle
With One Pinch of CA Gold Dust
AU-55 (PCGS). CAC.
1854 Liberty Half Eagle
S.S. Central America Gold Label
AU-50 (PCGS).
1855-C Liberty Half Eagle
S.S. Central America Gold Label
AU-55 (PCGS).
1856-S Liberty Half Eagle
S.S. Central America Treasure Coin
AU-55 (PCGS).
1857-S Liberty Half Eagle
S.S. Central America Treasure Coin
AU-58 (PCGS).
United States Gold Quarter Eagles
1853 Liberty Quarter Eagle
With One Pinch of CA Gold Dust
VF-30 (PCGS).
1854-O Liberty Quarter Eagle
Winter-2
AU-58 (PCGS). CAC.
United States Territorial Gold
1851 Augustus Humbert $50
Reeded Edge, 887 THOUS.
EF-40 (PCGS).
1852 Augustus Humbert $10
S.S. Central America Gold Label
MS-62 (PCGS).
1852 Augustus Humbert $50
Reeded Edge, K-11, 887 THOUS.
EF-40 (PCGS). CAC.
1856 California Fractional Gold
Liberty Head 25¢, BG-111
MS-66 (PCGS).
1855 Kellogg & Co. $20
K-3, Long Arrows
AU-53 (PCGS).
1852 U.S. Assay Office of Gold $10
K-12a(2), 884 THOUS.
AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.
1853 U.S. Assay Office of Gold $10
K-16, 900 THOUS.
EF-45 (PCGS). CAC.
1852 Wass, Molitor & Co. $10
K-4, Large Head, Wide Date
EF-40 (PCGS).
1855 Wass, Molitor & Co. $10
K-6
AU-53 (PCGS).
United States Silver Coins
1842 Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1843 Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1847-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1848 Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1849-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1853 Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1854 Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1857-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar
1847 Liberty Seated Quarter
1853 Liberty Seated Quarter
1854 Liberty Seated Quarter
1856-S Liberty Seated Quarter
1842 Liberty Seated Dime
1853 Liberty Seated Dime
