Pioneer Coins
An overview of privately issued coinage from the American frontier and beyond.
The Bechtler coinage is the most significant and prolific of all U.S. private gold series, born f...
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California Fractional Gold coinage is a direct, tangible product of the socio-economic chaos of t...
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The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in January 1848 triggered a massive global migration to Ca...
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The Clark, Gruber & Co. coinage is a direct consequence of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1858-1861....
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The coinage of the Confederate States of America represents a brief but numismatically profound c...
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The coinage of the Kingdom of Hawaii represents the monarchy's struggle for economic independence...
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The Lesher Referendum Dollars are a tangible link to the fiery political and economic debates of ...
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The Mormon Gold coinage of the State of Deseret is one of the most historically significant and s...
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The coinage of the Oregon Exchange Company, colloquially known as 'Beaver Money,' is a direct con...
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Templeton Reid's coinage represents the very dawn of private gold minting in the United States, a...
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