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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the J.S. Ormsby (1849) series of Private & Pioneer Gold in the U.S. Coins contains 3 distinct entries with CPG® values between $700,000.00 and $1,140,000.00. The initials J.S.O., which appear on certain issues of California privately coined gold pieces, represent the firm

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the J.S. Ormsby (1849) series of Private & Pioneer Gold in the U.S. Coins contains 3 distinct entries with CPG® values between $700,000.00 and $1,140,000.00.

The initials J.S.O., which appear on certain issues of California privately coined gold

pieces, represent the firm of J.S. Ormsby & Co. They struck both five- and ten-dollar

denominations, all undated.

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