To mark the 35th anniversary of thehistoric 1988 discovery of a $15 million Ship of Goldsunken treasure exhibit will begin a nationwide educational tour with its first port-of-callat the Long Beach Expo (www.LongBeachExpo.com) collectibles show in Long Beach,California, June 22-24, 2023.

The display of recovered California Gold Rush treasures from the 1857 sinking ofthe fabled S.S. Central America will feature gold coins, assayer's ingots, gold nuggets,and gold dust. There will also be a bank treasure shipment box, items from the ship,and recovered passengers' artifacts including 166-year-old Cuban cigars and theworld's most valuable jeans - gold prospector's heavy-duty work pants that sold atauction for $114,000 this past December.

said Adam Crum, president ofFinest Known (www.FinestKnown.com) in Torrance, California.

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The Ship of Gold touring exhibit is being organized by Finest Known, Argos GoldGroup, and National Treasures I, LLC. The exhibit is housed in a 40-foot-long recreationof the famous ship's hull.

explained Bob Evans, the chief scientist and historian on the recoverymissions.

saidEvans who will be at the Long Beach Expo to meet with visitors and answer questionsabout the S.S. Central America.

The exhibit also includes a prospector's recovered saddle bag that containedgold coins, nuggets and gold dust. Visitors can see the only known complete treasureshipment box from the 1850s California Gold Rush period. An embossed wax seal on the box is still easily readable as renowned merchants and gold treasureshippers of the era.

The record-setting miner's pants in the display were discovered in thesubmerged trunk of first-class passenger John Dement of Oregon, a merchant andmilitary veteran. The display will also have items found in the trunk of first-class SanFrancisco passengers, Ansel and Adeline Easton, who were on theirhoneymoon trip to New York.

said Evans.

The Eastons were reunited eight days later when the rescue ships reached portat Norfolk, Virginia.

stated Crum.

For additional information about treasure from the S.S. Central America, visitwww.FinestKnown.com.

The June 22-24, 2023 Long Beach Expo will be held in Hall C of the Long BeachConvention Center at 300 E. Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach, California. For additionalinformation, visit www.LongBeachExpo.com.