Ingot commemorating the inauguration of the free commercial port of La Plata, 1910. Obverse Mercury seated (right), a caduceus in his left hand; behind him a female figure standing on the shore, a spray of laurel on her right arm, her left hand resting on the shield of Argentina; port-bow view of a passenger ship under steam (left) approaching. Reverse A spray of laurel, enfolded by a scroll inscr…

There gold in them thar hills! Gold has been discovered in the hills of California. Land is being given away to settlers willing to make a fresh start in the newly explored regions of the American West. Cowpokes and miners, farmers and trappers, gamblers and adventurers of all kinds are making their way west to chase the promise of the American Dream. They come by way of wagon train, horseback, st…