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{{/presale}}On September 12, 1857, the SS Central America sunk off the coast of the Carolinas during a hurricane. When the ship went down, it took with it 30,000 pounds of gold coins and ingots, and kicked off an economic recession known as the Panic of 1857. In the 20th century, after more than 140 years on the ocean’s floor, several coins and ingots from the shipwreck were salvaged from the Atlantic and introduced to collectors and investors. Right now, a 136.3 oz SS Central America Kellogg & Humbert Assayers Gold Bar is available to purchase online from JM Bullion.
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This 136.3 oz SS Central America Kellogg & Humbert Assayers Gold Bar is available to you inside a clear, protective case with a wooden box for storage. This gold bar went down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, more than 7,000 feet deep, with the wreck of the SS Central America in 1857. The bar will show signs of patina and beautiful toning resulting from more than a century resting on the ocean’s floor.
Kellogg & Humbert Assayers was a precious metal assaying business in San Francisco in the 19th century. When this gold was mined from California in the 1850s, the assayers at Kellogg & Humbert certified the bars before they were shipped to the banks of New York City and the American East Coast. The bars were first transferred from California to the Panamanian port city of Colon for transfer by rail across the isthmus of Panama to the SS Central America. The Central America then sailed east by northeast toward New York. However, after a port stop in Havana, the Central America ran into a hurricane off the coast of the Carolinas.
As the seas swelled, the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean overran the decks of the ship and swamped the boiler rooms. With its engines stalled, the SS Central America was at the mercy of the storm and would eventually sink on September 12, 1857. The lost gold set off a panic in American markets that would eventually ripple around the world.
Obverse design elements on the 136.3 oz SS Central America Kellogg & Humbert Assayers Gold Bar include various inscriptions. In addition to the stamp of Kellogg & Humbert Assayers, this field has markings of the serial number, 957, and the weight of the bar, the purity of the gold, and the face value in US dollars from 1857: $2,513.27. Please note, that the total weight of the bar is 136.3 oz, but the gold content is 124.2 oz of .892 pure gold.
If you have any questions about this gold bar for sale, please feel free to ask. JM Bullion customer service is available at 800-276-6508, online using our live chat, and via our email address.
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We recommend you refuse any shipment that appears to be damaged or tampered with as the shipping insurance ends once signed for and/or delivered. When refused, the package(s) will return to JM Bullion for inspection. If you have taken possession of a damaged or tampered package, please save all packaging and contact JM Bullion at1-800-276-6508 within 48 hours for further instructions. Failure to notify us of damage or tampering within 48 hours fromsignatureor delivery date may impact our ability to cover your claim.
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Once you contact us, we research the shipment with the carrier and begin the claim process. The claims process can take 30 or more days to resolve, and many Lost in Transit shipments end up getting delivered late. If the package is delivered, you must notify us within 24 hours.
See also Section 13 of our Terms and Conditions.
Though unlikely, if your order is damaged during transit and/or any items are missing we require you to contact JM Bullion immediately so we can begin the claims process. If you have taken possession of a shipment that is damaged and/or is missing items, you have 2 days (48 hours) from the date of delivery to contact us as stated in our Terms and Conditions.
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Depending on your method of payment, it is possible to have your order shipped to an address other than your billing address. If you pay with paper check, bank wire, ACH, Ethereum, Ripple, or bitcoin, you may have your order shipped wherever you please, with two exceptionsUPS locations and mail forwarding locations. If you pay with a credit/debit card, it depends on your order history. For credit cards, put the order through with your billing address as the shipping address, and then call us to see if we can change it to an alternate. If you pay via PayPal, your order must ship to a PayPal Verified address.
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Unfortunately, due to the way insurance is applied to an order, everything must ship at the same time (i.e., in-stock items must await shipment until all presale items have arrived). Your order will ship in its entirety within 24-72 hours of our receiving the presale item. An email notification will be sent when your order ships.
We do not ship to US territories. Due to special requirements set by the postal systems, we are unable to ship outside of U.S. states.
All UPS & FedEx shipments ship with a No Will Call restriction, meaning the package cannot be picked up from a UPS or FedEx location or just left at the delivery address. This is a precaution to prevent orders from being fraudulently intercepted.
UPS or FedEx will make three delivery attempts. If nobody is available at the delivery address to sign and accept delivery, the package will be returned to us.
All orders will ship from our warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. We mask our return address on all packages as to not give away the contents of the package.
No, we do not. The costs in shipping to these places is extremely prohibitive, so we utilize USPS on all shipments.
Yes! When products are shipped via the United States Postal Service, we can ship to a P.O. Box. Please note that insurance on shipments to P.O. Boxes ends as soon as the package shows delivered.
We can ship to such stores including UPS Stores, various mail and packing stores, freight forwarders, etc. However, these are private businesses not owned by UPS, USPS, etc. Therefore, our shipping insurance does not cover missing packages or items sent to these locations if the tracking shows delivered.
Orders are shipped in inconspicuous packaging via either USPS, UPS or FedEx.* All shipments are fully insured. Our shipping policy, which is based on order size, can be viewed here.
*UPS 3-Day Air excludes Alaska, Hawaii, PO Boxes, UPS Store, and APO addresses. No Will Call pickups permitted.Saturday service not included.