Vintage 70s Brass Money Clip w Replica 1854 Gold Rush Era Privately Minted Coin

Vintage 70s Replica Kellogg & Co $20 Liberty Coin Money Clip, Brass & Gold Tone In California in the 1850s, there was a coin shortage. "In mid-January, several banking houses in San Francisco and Sacramento, feeling the deleterious effects of the coin shortage, wrote an urgent request to Kellogg & Richter to supply private coins until the U.S. branch mint went into operation. Approximately two weeks later, on January 31, Kellogg & Richter replied that they could comply with the bankers' request. True to its word, the firm issued its private gold coins on February 9, 1854. These were $20 pieces which Kellogg claimed his firm could issue at the rate of $20,000 worth per day. The dies for the coins, which greatly resembled those of the United States issues, probably were cut by Kuner. When the United States Branch Mint finally opened on April 3, 1854, its operations were erratic. Owing to constant shortages of alloy and parting acids, it ceased production several times. As a result, the coining business of Kellogg & Richter soon assumed very large proportions with about $6 million of the $20 pieces being issued. Under the circumstances, these new coins were almost universally accepted." These money clip replicas were made in the 1960s and/or 1970s. Gold rush era privately minted currency from California. That's interesting Stamped USA Dating based on this listing: https://www.rubylane.com/item/338449-RL16669/Vintage-1970s-Kellogg-Co-Money-Clip?search=1&t=b3da4bd4