Watch List notes:

California Gold Rush gold nugget stickpin, 3.93 grams total, ex-S.S. Central America (1857). 2¼" long. Very jagged and bubbly flat nugget perched atop a thin, twisted wire of gold with sharp point, certified as recovered in 2014 from "Coin Pile #2, Port-Side Debris Field." From the S.S. Central America (1857), pedigreed to the Holabird auction of December 2022, with original lot-tag 146618, and small certificate signed by Holabird and Bob Evans.

Estimate: 2000 - 3000 USD