Slow Gold

Today was a slow day in the Gold exhibit. As I did last week I managed to get plenty of reading done. Thanks to a at least semi-decent signal throughout the exhibit and several wi-fi networks I was able to stay on-line all day.

I you're in Cincinnati between now and mid-May consider swinging through the exhibit. The piece above is only one of the amazing things you can see. It is the Eureka Bar.

Here is a bit about it:
"The Eureka Bar is the largest surviving assay ingot from the California Gold Rush period. Weighing over 66 pounds, its worth in 1857 is stamped on the bar—$17,433.57. It sank, along with three tons of gold, in the hold of the SS Central America."

You can see other treasures from the SS Central America as well as many other coins, awards, jewelry, and minerals.



I especially like the historical aspects. The coins and assay bars are the coolest things.


The Gold Room is also pretty amazing. It includes coins equalling the amount of gold on the walls:
"Gold—the most malleable metal—can be flattened into extremely thin sheets. The walls in the Gold Room are covered with approximately 300 square feet of 23-karat gold leaf representing three ounces of gold metal, the equivalent volume of three U.S. half-dollar coins."

But our exhibit includes more. The Museum Center tagged on Queen City Gold which includes golden and guilder artifacts from Cincinnati history. You can see four Olympic gold medals, a Kentucky Derby trophy, a giant tea pot, guilded furniture, and of course…more. ;-)

~Matt

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