Term for the octagonal and round fifty-dollar gold coins struck during the California gold rush. Legend has it that the term came about when criminals used the two-and-one-half ounce coins wrapped in a cloth to bonk their victims on the head.
His latest projects revolve around the California Gold Rush of 1849, and New Mexico and Arizona, which he calls the "final frontier of America." ...
 See also: Single, Shift, Applied, Cover, Mint
  
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