The Government Assay Office Gold Ingots are definitively the point at which gold coin history began in Australia. They are the very first gold pieces struck for currency purposes in the colonies
Kellogg & Humbert Gold Ingot. 52.37 Ounces. ... S.S. Central America | Lot #4472 | Heritage Auctions
File:Gold rush assayers' ingots, 1850, issued by the State Assay Office of California - National Museum of American History - DSC06178.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
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Gold Digger or Gold Mine with Giant Gold Ingot during the Gold Rush or Gold Fever in California US, United States or United States of America USA (Engr Vintraut-Domblanc 1895) Vintage Engraving
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