2 pages on a single sheet, engraved illustration at head including mining implements. 10x7¾".

Daneri, a prosperous San Francisco merchant and proprietor of the Villa Maria vineyard in Geyserville, Sonoma County, writes to a customer, C. Agostino of San Andreas, in response to a payment made in the form of gold dust which Daneri had "coined at the mint" and applied to various debts owed by Agostino. Agostino's creditors included Levi Strauss & Co., the California Cracker Co., and several others.