(Long Beach, California) – An $18 Million exhibit of California Gold Rush sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America, the fabled “Ship of Gold,” will be publicly displayed during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo in the Long Beach Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Ave., February 4 – 6, 2010. The exhibit includes historic gold coins and huge gold bars – one of them weighs over 64 pounds, the largest surviving Gold Rush-era ingot – recovered from nearly 8,000 feet below the surface of the ocean.
The collector’s show also features an exhibit of early American silver dollars and activities for young collectors. Many of the 1,000 dealers at the show will offer free, informal appraisals for the public’s old coins, paper money, stamps and other collectibles.
